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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 know that before him there is sorrow, tribulation, and death among the blacks, and perhaps the whites.
  我知道，黑人面前摆着悲哀，磨难和死亡，也可能会有白人卷入其中。
• That this is a tribulation for you.
  对你来说这是一个苦难。
• Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
  神既是公义的，就必将患难报应那加患难给你们的人。
• They have died in the great tribulation.
  他们在大灾难中被杀害。
• In this world you need not have tribulation because I have overcome the world.
  这在这世界中，你无需苦难的考验，因为我已战胜了世界。
• Certainly, I give diplomatic recognition to, this accepts also coming being a still more young child for dodging this experience about tribulation, our to have to make compromise.
  当然我承认，这是为了让更多年轻的孩子也来接受这种关于磨难的经历，我不得不作出妥协。