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

• 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。
• 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。
• They have died in the great tribulation.
  他们在大灾难中被杀害。
• Jane Eyre and Rochester eventually got into marriage hall hand in hand after tribulation in their love;
  简。爱和罗切斯特在相识相恋历经重重磨难之后，最终牵手走进婚姻的殿堂；
• Tejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.
  在希望中享受，在患难中忍耐。
• But we must buoy up, is enduring the tribulation, goes forward unceasingly.
  但我们必须重新振作起来，忍受着磨难，不断前进。
• Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
  我大大的放胆、向你们说话.我因你们多多夸口、满得安慰.我们在一切患难中分外的快乐。
• In nearly one monce of Wenchuan, we went through the tribulation in too much life, witnessed too much life and death parted, have flowed through too many tears too.
  汶川近一月，我们经历了太多的人生磨难，目睹了太多的生死离别，也流过了太多的眼泪。
• In hours of ease a well-read, charming companion, she was a veritable tower of strength and a refuge in times of tribulation.
  在生活安逸的时候，她是一个博学迷人的伙伴；在艰难困苦的时候，她是我们名副其实的靠山和避风港。
• What a tribulation and strong an Nation, is fixed and can not be changed to them.
  他们是那么苦难而且顽强的民族，什么也不能改变他们！