Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。
1.洗清的;净化的
2.涤罪的
1.【天主】死后涤罪处,炼狱
2.临时惩罚所[涤罪所];暂时的苦难
1.the place where Roman Catholics believe people suffer after they die for the wrong things that they have done before they can go to heaven
2.an unpleasant place or experience
1.Some people talk of marriage as a safe haven, heaven even, but for me it has turned out to be nothing less than purgatory here on earth.
有的人说婚姻是安全的避难所，甚至说是天堂，但对于我来说，它简直是地球上的炼狱。
2.Everyone rejoices in the delights of this paradise, but I feel as if I am visiting purgatory.
每个人都在享受着此处天堂般的欣喜，但是，我感觉似乎正在炼狱中。
3.She confesses that she was his purgatory on Earth, always trying to make him jealous.
她承认过去她曾是他在世上的苦难，因为她常做一些让他忌妒的事。
4.The next day, a strong earthquake, a huge volcanic eruption in front of a familiar home to become a human purgatory.
第二天，强烈的地震、巨大的火山爆发让眼前熟悉的家园变成了人间炼狱。
5.The official White House forecast shows a nation stuck in purgatory for a prolonged period, with high unemployment persisting for years.
白宫的官方预测显示经济处于衰退的时间会更长，高失业率的现象会持续多年。
6.There is neither the word nor the thing of purgatory, neither in this nor any other text.
既没有关于炼狱这个词，也没有炼狱这回事；在这段经文中没有，在其他经文中也没有。
7.Hell, purgatory , and heaven seem to differ the same as despair, fear, and assurance of salvation.
地狱、炼狱和天堂看起来似乎相异，如同绝望、忧惧和拯救的确据。
8.A strong earthquake with large meteor crashed, let the home becomes a familiar sight human purgatory.
强烈的地震伴随大量陨石的坠落，让眼前熟悉的家园变成了人间炼狱。
9.It seems as though for the souls in purgatory fear should necessarily decrease and love increase.
这看起来就似乎是在涤罪之中的灵魂，忧惧应该是必需减少而爱[才]增加。
10.And yet Asia was bliss compared with the purgatory back home.
然而相比国内的炼狱，奥巴马的亚洲之行仿佛置身天堂。