English Dictionary

vale of tears

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈveɪl əv ˈtɪəz/

名詞

慣用表現 単数形

(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.

日本語の意味

苦しみや悲しみ、試練に満ちたこの世。また、キリスト教の文脈では、死後に天国へ向かう際に脱却すべき、苦しみに満ちた場所という意味。

In the vale of tears, many find that small acts of kindness are the only light in the darkness.

悲しみの谷では、多くの人が小さな親切が暗闇の中で唯一の光であると気づきます。

意味（1）

(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.

He [Vitus Theodorus] was called to be a Paſtor at Norinberg, his own country, … till it pleaſed God to put an end to his labors, by tranſlating him out of this vale of tears into his Everlaſting Kingdom, Anno Chriſti 1549.

意味（2）

A particular place of sorrow or suffering.

That, in this pilgrimage of ſeventy years, / O'er rocks of perils, and through vales of tears, / Deſtin'd to march, our doubtful ſteps we tend, / Tir'd with the toil, yet fearful of its end: …

vales of tears （ plural ）

or poetic （ literary often ）