trib·u·la·tion /ˌtrɪbjəˈleʃən/
苦難,困苦,考驗
Trib·u·la·tion n. That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. --Matt. xiii. 21.
In the world ye shall have tribulation. --John. xvi. 33.
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tribulation
n : an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life
is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
[syn: trial, visitation]
Tribulation
trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2
Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal
sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29,
the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the
destruction of Jerusalem.