tribulation
tribulation 英 [,trɪbjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,trɪbju'leʃən]
n. 苦难；磨难；忧患
名词复数:tribulations
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- n. 苦难；磨难；忧患
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1. Shortly after, they saw land, which Captain Cook called “Cape tribulation”.
很快又看到了一块陆地——库克船长将其取名为“苦难角”。
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2. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
在世上你们有苦难。 但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。
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3. Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president)
从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。
- tribulation (n.) c. 1200, from Old French tribulacion (12c.), from Church Latin tribulationem (nominative tribulatio) "distress, trouble, affliction," noun of action from past participle stem of tribulare "to oppress, afflict," a figurative use by Christian writers of Latin tribulare "to press," also possibly "to thresh out grain," from tribulum "threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn") + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.
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