#English #英語学習 As an object, a "crucible" is a container in which metals or other substances are melted or otherwise exposed to very high temperatures. As an idiom, it means a test or challenge of great difficulty, and in BOTH senses is associated with "torment".
So, in a literary sense, it is only by going through the extreme "heat" of a difficult situation that one's true character becomes plain. It's as if a person is a clump of metal, but we don't know what kinds until the clump is melted and separated into its components.
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