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Agonizing ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ Decision Agonising Agonizingly Difficult Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词

The word "agonizing" describes something that causes great pain or suffering, either physically or mentally. It can also refer to a decision that is very difficult to make.

The word "agonizing" describes something that causes great pain or suffering, either physically or mentally. It can also refer to a decision that is very difficult to make.

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/æ̱gənaɪzɪŋ/
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 agonising
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人痛苦的;折磨人的 Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
  • He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother...

    他不想像母亲和兄弟那样痛苦地死去。

  • In the heat of Rome, the wait was agonizing.

    在罗马的高温下,等待是一种折磨。

agonizingly
  • Progress was agonizingly slow.

    进展的缓慢让人备受煎熬。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](决定或选择)令人痛苦的 Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make.
  • He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future.

    他这时候面临着一个关系到他不久的将来的痛苦抉择。


Oxford ag·on·iz·ing ( BrE also -is·ing ) / ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ ; NAmE ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ / adjective causing great pain, anxiety or difficulty 使人十分痛苦的;令人焦虑不安的;带来巨大困难的 his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死 It was the most agonizing decision of her life. 这是她一生中最难作的决定。 agonising agonizing ag·on·iz·ing / ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ ; NAmE ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ /
LDC
agonizing noun
agonizing adjective
agonizeag‧o‧nize (also agonise British English) /ˈæɡənaɪz/ verb [intransitive]
Verb Table
Examples
to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effortagonize over/about All the way home she agonized about what she should do.agonizing noun [uncountable]
agonizing noun
agonizing adjective
agonizingag‧o‧niz‧ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjective
Examples
Thesaurus
1extremely painful:  The pain was agonizing.2very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait:  an agonizing decisionagonizingly adverb:  at an agonizingly slow pace
WDF

agonizing

[ˈægənaɪzɪŋ]

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ADJ21755
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苦恼的(49%),痛苦难忍的(42%),动词agonize的现在分词形式.(9%)
adj.苦恼的;痛苦难忍的
vt.使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式)
vi.感到极度痛苦(agonize的ing形式)

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