a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
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Through this ordeal Heng lay stiff and silent. 在这个严酷的考验中,恒一直僵硬地躺着,默不作声。
Once there we saw that the ordeal must have been great. 从前我们觉得严酷的考验一定是很伟大的。
I'd hate to go through such a terrible ordeal again. 我不想再受这种痛苦的经验。
Excessive choices quickly stop being a benefit and become an ordeal. 过多的选择很快就丧失了它的优势,而成为一种痛苦的经验。