考验

考验 [kǎo yàn]

1. ■ test; trial; ordeal:

久经考验的 long-tested;

经受住时间考验的方法 methods that have stood the test of time;

经受严峻的考验 stand the ordeal;

经历一种可怕的考验 pass through a terrible ordeal;

他的勇气受到考验。 His courage was put to the test.

它经不起 ...考验。 It cannot bear the test of ...