trial by ordeal
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests.
— Along with trial by ordeal, hanging was the most effective deterrent that could be devised in an age without police or prisons.
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