1·The hostages spoke openly about the terrible ordeal they had been through.
人质公开陈述了他们所遭受的非人的折磨。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She drank some water nerving herself for a more terrible ordeal.
她喝了几口水，使自己镇定，准备应付一场可怕的。
3·Massa is even more thoughtful when describing the terrible ordeal endured by his family.
谈起他的家庭所经受的可怕的折磨，马萨就更加体贴了。
4·We laid Ron to rest in Arlington National Cemetery; by then I was so exhausted and grief-stricken after the terrible ordeal that I could hardly stand.
我们埋葬了罗恩，让他安息在阿灵顿国家公墓；那时候，经历了那么多的可怕折磨，我几乎无法站立，筋疲力尽。
5·When I was small, my Great-Aunt Nony was still alive. Her life had been a terrible ordeal for her as she had been plagued with lots of different types of cancer.
我的姑奶奶诺尼在我小的时候还在世了，但是她患有很多种的癌症，生命中的每时每刻都在遭受着病痛的折磨，苦不堪言。
6·The very law that condemned her- a giant of stern features, but with vigour to support, as well as to annihilate, in his iron arm- had held her up, through the terrible ordeal of her ignominy.
就惩办她示众的法律而论，那是一个外貌狰狞的巨人，其铁腕既可以消灭她，也可以支撑她，正是法律本身扶持着她挺过了那示众的可怕煎熬。
7·At Dad's age, the ordeal eventually took a terrible toll on him as well. Especially when he realized Mom's only option was to live out her final days in a nursing home.
在爸爸这个年纪，这种折磨对他来说也是一次很大的打击，尤其是当他得知妈妈别无他选，只能在疗养院度过最后的日子时。
8·At Dad's age, the ordeal eventually 4 took a terrible toll on him as well. Especially when he realized Mom's only option was to live out her final days in a5 nursing home.
在爸爸这个年纪，这种折磨对他来说也是一次很大的打击，尤其是当他得知妈妈别无他选，只能在疗养院度过最后的日子时。