意味(日本語)

苦難、試練、災難 ◇L.tribulare(＝圧す、圧迫する) < terere(＝こする)

語源

• tri-, trit- : L.teroterere = to rub(こする)

意味(英語)

• (noun) Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
• (noun) An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.

例文

• William Chambers wrote in his Edinburgh Journal in 1840: "It seems mankind are forever destined to live under some alarming apprehension ... at every interval of three, four, or five years, the community is plunged into the greatest tribulation from the number of bankruptcies and general mercantile stagnation, while ruin stares everyone in the face."

(語句が)ありふれた、陳腐な、月並みな

語源

• tri-, trit- : L.teroterere = to rub(こする)