ordeal · noun
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Ein Erlebnis, das äußerst schwierig, schmerzhaft oder belastend ist.
After the ordeal of losing their home, the family needed practical help as well as reassurance.
She described the lengthy investigation as an ordeal that had affected every part of her working life.
The interview became an ordeal when the questions repeatedly returned to experiences he had hoped to leave behind.
They had endured similar ordeals, yet each found a different way of rebuilding a sense of security.
Formen
- ordeal singular
- ordeals plural