ordeal
意味
- (…にとっての)きびしい試練,試金石《+for+名》
- 試罪法(古代チュートン民族で過酷な試練を課して罪の有無を決めた裁判法)
例文
Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.
ボブは自分の力でこの厳しい試練を乗り切らねばいけない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English ordel, ordal, from Medieval Latin ordālium or inherited from its source Old English ordēl, ordāl (“ordeal, judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *uʀdailijan (“to deal out; dispense”). For more, see Old English or-, English deal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uurdeel (“judgement; verdict”), West Frisian oardiel (“judgement”), Dutch oordeel (“judgement, discretion”), Low German Oordeel (“judgement; verdict”), German Urteil (“judgement, verdict”).