purgatory

n.

炼狱；（在炼狱中的）涤罪；暂时受苦的地方；暂时的苦难

adj.

净化的，清洗的；

复数：purgatories

1. As a matter of fact, the pope remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to canon law, they should have paid in this life.
   如同事实上的事情，教宗赦免涤罪中的灵魂无罪，因根据教义上的法规，他们应已在生命中付出代价。
2. But a funny thing happened to the Lakers on their way to purgatory.
   但是在湖人炼狱的路上发生了一件有趣的事。
3. It functions as a sort of mid-life purgatory for hopeless souls on Earth.
   它的职能作为一种中年炼狱为无可救药的灵魂在地球上。

1. As a matter of fact, the pope remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to canon law, they should have paid in this life.
   如同事实上的事情，教宗赦免涤罪中的灵魂无罪，因根据教义上的法规，他们应已在生命中付出代价。

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French DNA: Trouble in Purgatory
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French DNA: Trouble in Purgatory (review)
Christmas in purgatory : a photographic essay on mental retardation
To Purgatory and Beyond: When and How Should the Accession Countries from Central and Eastern Europe Become Full Members of EMU?
Protein quantitation through targeted mass spectrometry: the way out of biomarker purgatory?
Opportunity Mars Rover mission: Overview and selected results from Purgatory ripple to traverses to Endeavour crater
System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mapping