tribulation
tribulation — noun
- tribulationsingular
- tribulationsplural
1. a period or event of severe difficulty, suffering, or trouble that tests a perso
a period or event of severe difficulty, suffering, or trouble that tests a person's strength, patience, or spirit
Eri faced many tribulations after losing his job and his home in the same year.
collocation: face tribulations
The village's tribulations began when the flood destroyed their crops and homes.
often used in plural
Through all her tribulations, Nadia never lost her kindness toward others.
Caleb remembered the tribulations his grandmother had endured during the war.
The long illness was one of the greatest tribulations of Harper's life.
- adversity
more abstract and continuous; 'adversity' is an ongoing state while 'tribulation' often refers to specific events or periods
- hardship
wider in scope and less intense; hardship can be economic, physical, or social, while tribulation often carries a sense of emotional or spiritual testing
- ordeal
focuses on a single, difficult experience rather than a series; 'the ordeal of the interview' but not 'the ordeal of losing everything'
- trial
softer and more general; overlaps with tribulation but is used in everyday contexts ('the trials of parenting')
文法句型
tribulation(s) + can be faced/endured/overcome
through + tribulation(s)
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'trials and tribulations', which emphasises a long series of difficult experiences. Can be used as a countable noun (one tribulation, many tribulations) or as an uncountable mass noun (a time of great tribulation).