An ordeal is a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time — not one sudden shock, but something you have to go through. A long illness, days of waiting, a hard trial in court, or a night of disaster can all be called an ordeal.

An ordeal isordeal是 that continues for a period of time會持續一段時間的 a terrible or painful experience可怕或痛苦經歷， not one sudden shock不是一次突然的打擊， but something you have to go through而是必須撐過去的事。 A long illness長期的病痛、 days of waiting等待的日子、 a hard trial in court法庭上艱難的審判， or a night of disaster或一夜的災難， can all be called an ordeal都可以被稱為ordeal。

People say What an ordeal after something exhausting.

after something exhausting累人的事發生後， People say人們會說 What an ordeal『What an ordeal（多麼折磨人啊）』。

Though actually, the old meaning was a kind of judgement: a test used to decide if someone was guilty, such as walking on hot iron or being thrown into water. The idea of “a hard test you must pass through” is still hiding in the word, but today we almost never mean a real trial by fire. We mean a grim stretch of life.

Though actually不過其實， the old meaning was a kind of judgement這個字舊時的意思是一種審判： a test used to decide if someone was guilty用來判定一個人是否有罪的考驗， such as walking on hot iron or being thrown into water像是走過燒紅的鐵，或被丟進水裡。 The idea of "a hard test you must pass through"『必須撐過去的艱難考驗』這個概念 is still hiding in the word仍然藏在這個字裡， but today we almost never mean a real trial by fire但現在我們幾乎不會真的指這種火的考驗。 We mean a grim stretch of life我們指的是一段艱苦的人生歷程。