Purgatory
['pɜːgət(ə)rɪ] or ['pɝɡətɔri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins.
(noun.) a temporary condition of torment or suffering; 'a purgatory of drug abuse'.
杜威手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
(n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.
迪尔德丽手打
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.
整理:雪麗
例句/造句/用法:
- They would have persuaded me I was in purgatory, but I knew too well the pursy short-breathed voice of the Father Abbot. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She looked another way, disconcerted, and wondered how long this purgatory was to last. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- We have gone through several rounds of purgatory since you left, and I have lately got on to a worse ledge of it than ever. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is the most fanatical Mohammedan purgatory out of Arabia. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- His reference to the great games of which I had heard so much while among the Tharks convinced me that I had but jumped from purgatory into gehenna. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
手打:特伦斯