crucible

Crusible - n. 坩埚；严酷的考验

　　Definition

　　1: a vessel of a very refractory (see REFRACTORY entry 1 sense 3) material (such as porcelain) used for melting and calcining a substance that requires a high degree of heat

　　2: a severe test

　　He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.

　　3: a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development

　　… conditioned by having grown up within the crucible of Chinatown … (Tom Wolfe)

　　His character was formed in the crucible of war.

　　Synonyms

　　-cross,fire,gauntlet,gantlet,ordeal,trial

　　Example Sentences

　　1-He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.

　　2 His character was formed in the crucible of war.

　　3 Now the 19-year-old found himself in London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a crucible of more than 60,000 howling soccer fans with burning hatred for his club team, Arsenal. - Charlie Campbell, Time, 13 Oct. 2022

　　4 Those notions, stirred in a smoldering crucible with QAnon conspiracy theories, antivaccine views, and election denialism, have fueled a growing hostility toward the federal government and rising talk about states’ rights.- Ken Bensinger, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022

　　5 But it’s a country far from the battlefield that has turned into a kind of crucible of the global moment. - Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2022