purgatory
noun /ˈpɜːɡətri/
/ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/
[uncountable]- (usually Purgatory)(in Roman Catholic teaching
天主教教义 炼狱 - (informal, humorous) any place or state in which somebody suffers
受难的处所（或状态）；惩戒所；折磨；磨难 - Getting up at four every morning is sheer purgatory.
每天早上四点起床简直是炼狱。
- Getting up at four every morning is sheer purgatory.
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying’, from the verb purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’.