痛苦的折磨

terrifying ordeal───可怕的折磨

horrific ordeal───可怕的折磨

burrowing owl───穴鴞

marching orders───n.开拔令；出发令；逐客令；解雇通知

narrowing down───缩小；限制；减少；变窄

narrowing gap───窄隙；狭窄通路

harrowing account───令人痛心的帐目

batting order───打击顺序；击球次序；击球员上场顺序

batting orders───击球命令

it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.───对这个一周大的小狗来说，这是一个悲惨的经历。

On a large television screen the previous day, Elisabeth, 42, had confronted her father with the full horror of her 24-year ordeal in hour after hour of harrowing prerecorded testimony.───前几天，42岁的伊丽莎白在一个巨大的电视屏幕上与父亲对质，这个事先就录制好的证词充满了她24年来分分秒秒的残酷经历。

But they say they consider themselves lucky to be alive, and their spirits are much higher than when they were in a hospital room just three days after their harrowing ordeal last May.───但是他们觉得能活着已经很幸运了。况且他们的情绪比五月份在医院时好多了，那时他们经历了悲惨的折磨才刚过三天。

After many hair-raising adventures, most not only survive but emerge wiser and stronger as a result of their harrowing ordeal.