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词汇 tribulation
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Definition of tribulation in English:

tribulation

noun ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌtrɪbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
usually tribulations
  • 1A cause of great trouble or suffering.

    苦恼的缘由,烦心事

    the tribulations of being a megastar

    身为演艺巨星的烦心事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anderson, who has a degree in Applied Physics, knows about the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurial life.
    • I found myself wondering why I should care about her trials and tribulations.
    • One a child-minder, one a machinist, they had taken deep breaths and taken on the trials and tribulations of the police service.
    • David Mamet examines the dramatic techniques that engage audiences with the trials and tribulations of the hero
    • Since then trials and tribulations have been the order of the day but he maintains that he is still aiming for nothing less than gold at Athens.
    • Of his trials and tribulations over the past three years, he said it is people's perception of him that means the most.
    • In all of the trials and tribulations of the day, it is good to know some things don't change though; Oxford is dull and it's raining.
    • But Dafoe says the trials and tribulations of all that makeup actually made his job as an actor easier.
    • But does the film show the real problems and trials and tribulations of the fighters?
    • For years now they have chatted over ‘the trials and tribulations of management’.
    • She pointed out to the gathering that music is the most potent panacea against the trials and tribulations of life.
    • While an object of great respect, Inang Bayan is also often pitied for the tribulations she has suffered.
    • Whether you wish it or not, you need to undergo the trials and tribulations of the sunny days and sultry nights as there is no escape from it.
    • Greatness eludes the film because you simply don't care deeply enough about the trials and tribulations of the people at its core.
    • We see the trials and tribulations of you with your family, getting back on track.
    • The series follows the trials and tribulations, and successes, of people who stake everything on a business venture.
    • Such are the trials and tribulations of life in the League of Ireland.
    • It's very important that Placido saw my trials and tribulations.
    • However, the story of trials and tribulations faced by two footballers, again failed to win the audience.
    • See their trials and tribulations, especially when mothers and daughters differ over dresses.
    Synonyms
    problems, troubles, difficulties, misfortunes, strains, trials, tribulations, trials and tribulations, worries, anxieties, concerns
    1. 1.1mass noun A state of great trouble or suffering.
      苦恼的缘由,烦心事
      his time of tribulation was just beginning

      他的苦日子才刚开头。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This period in our history was a time of great tribulation.
      • Since then we have been journeying the world, sometimes in triumph, often in tribulation, but ever seeking to return to that ancient and pure beginning.
      • He clasped my mouth shut before I could scream in my tribulation.
      • We have no reason to believe that he bears tribulation.
      • Both products are successful in their respective markets, but only after trial and tribulation.
      • He could well have viewed his coming death as the martyrdom of God's eschatological agent who had to endure tribulation to bring about Israel's renewal and inaugurate the new covenant.
      • Our mission is sustained, not by feelings of light and joy and endless confidence, but by the risen one who comes in the darkness and calls us, despite our tribulation, to labor on.
      • As in Homer, after further tribulation, he will eventually reach Ithaca, kill Penelope's suitors, and live with wife and son until a peaceful death in old age.
      • With the face resting against his fist, the apparition assumes the pose of melancholy - an affirmation of how the artistic temperament is born from overcoming tribulation and suffering.
      • History has come ashore, turning the real estate of the free into the soil of tribulation.
      • But, after all the tribulation I had given myself about not letting him know how I felt, it would be stupid to make that work useless and give in.
      • Life may go on, but that's not much consolation to someone living a life of suffering and tribulation.
      • Otherwise, he will suffer tribulation as long as he lives in that high place, the best of houses.
      • Through much tribulation, she or he ultimately comes to view the world from a unique and individual point of view and re-forms a new and stable sense of self.
      • Just like you had to go through your own trial back there in that terrorist situation, now I have to face my own tribulation.
      • There will be tribulation and people will revile you and slander you, but he has overcome and that we live for that.
      • It is a message of God’s great love for His people, and it is also a warning that there will be a time of tribulation.
      • For some reason, the entertainment industry does not propagate flattering portrayals of little people on the whole: Few heartwarming tales of tribulation and triumph come to mind.
      • That in final tribulation he should even think to explain why he was not able to attend was mind boggling.
      • To savour that undefinable feeling and sense of satisfaction when the final whistle blew almost makes the trials and tribulation of recent days worthwhile.
      Synonyms
      trouble, worry, anxiety, burden, cross to bear, affliction, ordeal, trial, adversity, hardship, tragedy, trauma, reverse, setback, blow, difficulty, problem, issue, misfortune, bad luck, stroke of bad luck, ill fortune, mishap, misadventure
      suffering, distress, misery, wretchedness, unhappiness, sadness, heartache, woe, grief, pain, anguish, agony
      informal hassle
      archaic travails

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare 'press, oppress', from tribulum 'threshing board (constructed of sharp points)', based on terere 'rub'.

Definition of tribulation in US English:

tribulation

nounˌtribyəˈlāSH(ə)nˌtrɪbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
usually tribulations
  • 1A cause of great trouble or suffering.

    苦恼的缘由,烦心事

    the tribulations of being a megastar

    身为演艺巨星的烦心事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whether you wish it or not, you need to undergo the trials and tribulations of the sunny days and sultry nights as there is no escape from it.
    • She pointed out to the gathering that music is the most potent panacea against the trials and tribulations of life.
    • We see the trials and tribulations of you with your family, getting back on track.
    • Since then trials and tribulations have been the order of the day but he maintains that he is still aiming for nothing less than gold at Athens.
    • It's very important that Placido saw my trials and tribulations.
    • Such are the trials and tribulations of life in the League of Ireland.
    • David Mamet examines the dramatic techniques that engage audiences with the trials and tribulations of the hero
    • Of his trials and tribulations over the past three years, he said it is people's perception of him that means the most.
    • Greatness eludes the film because you simply don't care deeply enough about the trials and tribulations of the people at its core.
    • In all of the trials and tribulations of the day, it is good to know some things don't change though; Oxford is dull and it's raining.
    • Anderson, who has a degree in Applied Physics, knows about the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurial life.
    • However, the story of trials and tribulations faced by two footballers, again failed to win the audience.
    • But Dafoe says the trials and tribulations of all that makeup actually made his job as an actor easier.
    • For years now they have chatted over ‘the trials and tribulations of management’.
    • But does the film show the real problems and trials and tribulations of the fighters?
    • While an object of great respect, Inang Bayan is also often pitied for the tribulations she has suffered.
    • See their trials and tribulations, especially when mothers and daughters differ over dresses.
    • I found myself wondering why I should care about her trials and tribulations.
    • One a child-minder, one a machinist, they had taken deep breaths and taken on the trials and tribulations of the police service.
    • The series follows the trials and tribulations, and successes, of people who stake everything on a business venture.
    Synonyms
    problems, troubles, difficulties, misfortunes, strains, trials, tribulations, trials and tribulations, worries, anxieties, concerns
    1. 1.1 A state of great trouble or suffering.
      苦恼的缘由,烦心事
      his time of tribulation was just beginning

      他的苦日子才刚开头。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • History has come ashore, turning the real estate of the free into the soil of tribulation.
      • Through much tribulation, she or he ultimately comes to view the world from a unique and individual point of view and re-forms a new and stable sense of self.
      • For some reason, the entertainment industry does not propagate flattering portrayals of little people on the whole: Few heartwarming tales of tribulation and triumph come to mind.
      • Since then we have been journeying the world, sometimes in triumph, often in tribulation, but ever seeking to return to that ancient and pure beginning.
      • With the face resting against his fist, the apparition assumes the pose of melancholy - an affirmation of how the artistic temperament is born from overcoming tribulation and suffering.
      • He clasped my mouth shut before I could scream in my tribulation.
      • Life may go on, but that's not much consolation to someone living a life of suffering and tribulation.
      • Our mission is sustained, not by feelings of light and joy and endless confidence, but by the risen one who comes in the darkness and calls us, despite our tribulation, to labor on.
      • Both products are successful in their respective markets, but only after trial and tribulation.
      • There will be tribulation and people will revile you and slander you, but he has overcome and that we live for that.
      • As in Homer, after further tribulation, he will eventually reach Ithaca, kill Penelope's suitors, and live with wife and son until a peaceful death in old age.
      • Otherwise, he will suffer tribulation as long as he lives in that high place, the best of houses.
      • This period in our history was a time of great tribulation.
      • Just like you had to go through your own trial back there in that terrorist situation, now I have to face my own tribulation.
      • He could well have viewed his coming death as the martyrdom of God's eschatological agent who had to endure tribulation to bring about Israel's renewal and inaugurate the new covenant.
      • It is a message of God’s great love for His people, and it is also a warning that there will be a time of tribulation.
      • But, after all the tribulation I had given myself about not letting him know how I felt, it would be stupid to make that work useless and give in.
      • We have no reason to believe that he bears tribulation.
      • That in final tribulation he should even think to explain why he was not able to attend was mind boggling.
      • To savour that undefinable feeling and sense of satisfaction when the final whistle blew almost makes the trials and tribulation of recent days worthwhile.
      Synonyms
      trouble, worry, anxiety, burden, cross to bear, affliction, ordeal, trial, adversity, hardship, tragedy, trauma, reverse, setback, blow, difficulty, problem, issue, misfortune, bad luck, stroke of bad luck, ill fortune, mishap, misadventure

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare ‘press, oppress’, from tribulum ‘threshing board (constructed of sharp points)’, based on terere ‘rub’.

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