purgatory

柯林斯詞典

1. N-PROPER Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven. (羅馬天主教相信的)煉獄
Prayers were said for souls in purgatory. 為煉獄中的亡靈做的禱告。
2. N-UNCOUNT You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory. 煉獄般的經(jīng)歷
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory. 最后三英里中的每一步都是煉獄般的折磨。
...five years of economic purgatory. ...五年的經(jīng)濟煉獄之苦。