英语释义

• (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

• a temporary condition of torment or suffering;

  "a purgatory of drug abuse"

片语

purificatory精炼的，精制的；凈化的；涤罪的

Heroic Purgatory英雄炼狱

Purgatory Ashes炼狱灰烬

Purgatory Volcano炼狱火山

Asura purgatory炼狱修罗

purification凈化；提纯；涤罪

Fegefeuer Purgatory炼狱

Purgatory unleashed在罪恶中释放

Purgatory Scepter炼狱权杖

quality purgatory质量炼狱

spirit purgatory精神炼狱

英汉例句

• yet as she points out, it「s far from obvious how such freedoms might be granted, for each species has its own requirements, and conditions that are paradise for one may be purgatory for another.

  而正如她所指出的，问题远不是赋予多少自由就可以解决的，因为每一个物种都有自己的需求，某人的天堂，也许就是他人的炼狱。

• while consumers may flock to the new tablet, the thought of locking more developers into the purgatory of the apple approval process is one that few will celebrate.

  消费者可能会对ipad趋之若鹜，但很少有人愿意看到越来越多的开发者进入苹果审核过程的炼狱中区。

• text purgatory is the mental suffering you go through when you are waiting for a response to a flirtatious text.

  给心仪的人发了邀约短信后，在等待对方回复的那段时间里所经历的那种焦急等待的煎熬就叫textpurgatory（暂译「等短信的煎熬」）。

• before iran reaches paradise, a spell in purgatory beckons.

  在伊朗成为人间天堂以前，它先要经过一条漫长的炼狱之路。

• some people talk of marriage as a safe haven, heaven even, but for me it has turned out to be nothing less than purgatory here on earth.

  有的人说婚姻是安全的避难所，甚至说是天堂，但对于我来说，它简直是地球上的炼狱。

• so every day that goldman is in regulatory purgatory means more free money for buffett.

  因此高盛现在每天都处于监管的炼狱之中，同时意味着巴菲特每天都能白拿钱。

• as late as 1582, one map of the world went further, depicting the sites of judgment, purgatory and the outer and inner circles of hell.

  直到1582年，地图才进一步地将审判所——炼狱、地狱的外层和内层描绘出来。

• dave was in text purgatory after sending kiri 「drinks later?」

  戴夫在给绮丽发了那条「一会一起去喝一杯好吗？」 的短信后就一直在备受煎熬地等回信。

• they then parted ways: he straight to the seventh circle of everlasting hellfire; she to a purgatory to spend eternity reading hello! magazine and gossiping about celebrities.

  之后，他们便分道扬镳了：他径直去了七层永恒的地狱之火；她去炼狱用无尽的时间去看hello杂志，谈论名人们那些八卦新闻。

• this develops into the notion of purgatory or some kind of hades-type place, a place where you would either sleep or your soul will go someplace else, and you」d wait for the resurrection.

  这个中途站就发展成后来的炼狱,或者说一个像阴府那样的地方，在那里，你要么睡着,要么你的灵魂就会去别的地方，你会等待复活。

• instead they hope they「re entering a middle ground -- putting money into assets once assigned to investment purgatory in return for steady income.

  他们反倒希望眼下正置身于中间地带：将资金投入到那些一度跌入投资炼狱的金融资产中，希望凭此得到稳定的收入。

• 「the more sins purged in one」s lifetime (through penitence, good works, etc.) the less time needed in purgatory -- for either oneself or one's family, 」 she said.

  lawless说道：“一个人在他的有生之年洗凈越多的罪恶，比如通过惭悔，行善等等，那么他死后在炼狱里的时间就越少。不管是为你自己还是为你家人。