Purgatory

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

(noun.) a temporary condition of torment or suffering; 'a purgatory of drug abuse'.

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• They would have persuaded me I was in purgatory, but I knew too well the pursy short-breathed voice of the Father Abbot. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She looked another way, disconcerted, and wondered how long this purgatory was to last. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• We have gone through several rounds of purgatory since you left, and I have lately got on to a worse ledge of it than ever. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is the most fanatical Mohammedan purgatory out of Arabia. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His reference to the great games of which I had heard so much while among the Tharks convinced me that I had but jumped from purgatory into gehenna. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.

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