tribulation

英 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  忧患; 苦难; 磨难; 痛苦

复数：tribulations　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.18974 / COCA.17114

牛津词典

noun

• 忧患；苦难；磨难；痛苦
  great trouble or suffering
  1. the tribulations of modern life
     现代生活的苦恼

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰难;苦难;磨难
  You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation astribulations.
  1. ...the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
     日常生活的磨炼与艰难

英英释义

noun

• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  1. his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  2. life is full of tribulations
  3. a visitation of the plague
  Synonym:trialvisitation

双语例句

• I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,( but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
  我知你所做的。知你的苦难、你的贫困（但你是富裕的），也知那些自称是犹太人实则是撒旦追随者的是如何渎神的。
• The vicissitudes, the wind and rain is rough, the great motherland experiences the tribulation.
  沧海桑田，风雨坎坷，伟大的祖国历尽磨难。
• I hate the tribulation, I commiserate the sorrow brought by tribulation.
  我厌恶别人深重的苦难，怜悯苦难带来的悲哀。
• Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days.
  看，魔鬼要把你们中的一些人投在监里，叫你们受试探；你们要遭受困难十天之久。
• That this is a tribulation for you.
  对你来说这是一个苦难。
• Tribulation's imprint is on all great things.
  山路之后，就是大路。一切伟大的事业上面，都有患难的印迹的。
• Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith.
  为此，弟兄们，我们在一切磨难困苦中，因了你们的信德，由你们获得了安慰。
• Yes, they just walk out the chaos caused by war and tribulation from the Iraq.
  是的，他们刚刚从苦难战乱的伊拉克走居尔来到友善的北京。
• The thought of returning to his native land never deserted him amid his tribulation.
  在苦难中，重返故国的念头始终伴着他。
• She knew that he will never appear before her last day of tribulation.
  她知道，不到最后一天，他是不会出现的。