baptism by fire

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

baptisms by fire 复数 baptisms by fire

别名

baptism of fire

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis or ordeal.

    The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.

词源

From the Bible, Matthew 3:11, John the Baptist said... "and He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire."

来源：wiktionary