单词：purgatories
炼狱( purgatory的名词复数 )；（在炼狱中的）涤罪；暂时受苦的地方；暂时的苦难
purgatory的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。
经典引文
Purgatory was a kind of penitential transit camp on the way to the gates of Heaven.
出自：D. Lodge