| 英语单词 | anguish |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['æŋɡwɪʃ] 美 ['æŋɡwɪʃ] |
| 中文释义 | n.苦闷;痛苦 v.(使)极苦闷;(使)极痛苦 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I expected something with a terrible anguish that tortured my heart. (2) The quarrel caused her great anguish. (3) Her mental anguish was beyond words. (4) I was in anguish until I knew she was still alive. (5) Who can measure the anguish of my heart? (6) Her heart anguished within her. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 在极度揪心的苦闷中我似乎在期待着某种东西。 (2) 争吵给她造成了极大的痛苦。 (3) 她内心的痛苦难以用言语形容。 (4) 我以前不知道她还活著,所以一直万分痛苦。 (5) 谁会了解我内心的苦闷? (6) 她的心中非常痛苦。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The noun anguish refers to severe physical or emotional pain or distress. A trip to the dentist might cause a cavity-prone person a lot of anguish. |
| vocabulary扩展 | We get this word from a Latin word, angustus, which literally meant "narrow" but developed the figurative sense of "distressed" — think of being choked off or forced into a small space. In modern times anguish has been in the English with the parallel and related meanings of "physical torment" and "emotional suffering." Both kinds might be experienced at the hands of a dentist who likes to make his patients squirm in agony. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](精神上的)悲痛;(身体上的)剧痛 Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain. [WRITTEN 笔语]
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