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)鍊獄
Prayers were said for souls in purgatory. 爲(wèi)鍊獄中的亡霛做的禱告。
2. N-UNCOUNT You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory. 鍊獄般的經(jīng)歷
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory. 最後三英裡中的每一步都是鍊獄般的折磨。
...five years of economic purgatory. ...五年的經(jīng)濟(jì)鍊獄之苦。