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agony n.苦恼,极大的痛苦 The noun agony is also used in the common phrase "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat," which has been the tag-line of ABC's Wide World of Sports for decades. The catchphrase, in turn, is often rendered as a pun: "He fell of the ladder and broke his foot. He writhed in agony from the pain, but the physical pain, was nothing compared to his mental agony when the doctor setting the bone joked, 'Now you know the agony of de feet!'" ★★☆☆☆ 2002.4

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['ægəni] The noun agony means acute pain — either mental or physical, but people often use the word hyperbolically: "This paper cut is agony." On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（肉体或精神的）极度痛苦，创痛 Agony is great physical or mental pain.   [also N in pl]A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests...一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。She called out in agony...她疼得叫出声来。As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt.年轻时，他因为对宗教的怀疑而饱受折磨。

英语单词	agony
英美音标	['ægəni]
中文释义	n.苦恼,极大的痛苦
vocab简明	The noun agony means acute pain — either mental or physical, but people often use the word hyperbolically: "This paper cut is agony."
vocab扩展	The noun agony is also used in the common phrase "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat," which has been the tag-line of ABC's Wide World of Sports for decades. The catchphrase, in turn, is often rendered as a pun: "He fell of the ladder and broke his foot. He writhed in agony from the pain, but the physical pain, was nothing compared to his mental agony when the doctor setting the bone joked, 'Now you know the agony of de feet!'"
真题原句	On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（肉体或精神的）极度痛苦，创痛 Agony is great physical or mental pain. [also N in pl] A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests... 一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。 She called out in agony... 她疼得叫出声来。 As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt. 年轻时，他因为对宗教的怀疑而饱受折磨。
来源	2002.4

Agony Mental Physical Noun Pain ægəni N.苦恼,极大的痛苦 Means