1·Prayers were said for souls in purgatory.
为炼狱中的亡灵做的祷告。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Yet as she points out, it's far from obvious how such freedoms might be granted, for each species has its own requirements, and conditions that are paradise for one may be purgatory for another.
而正如她所指出的，问题远不是赋予多少自由就可以解决的，因为每一个物种都有自己的需求，某人的天堂，也许就是他人的炼狱。
3·Some people talk of marriage as a safe haven, heaven even, but for me it has turned out to be nothing less than purgatory here on earth.
有的人说婚姻是安全的避难所，甚至说是天堂，但对于我来说，它简直是地球上的炼狱。
4·On the contrary, life here is for many closer to purgatory, the trees hacked down, the soil ravaged, and the spirit of many of the young men broken.
恰恰相反，这里的生活更像是炼狱：砍倒的树木，荒废的土地，以及被摧毁的年轻一代的精神世界。
5·By the end an unknown cast has become a trio of indelible faces, a patch of land a glimpse of purgatory.
最终，不知名的演员们化作了3张不可磨灭的面孔，而这块土地成为了对炼狱的一瞥。