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Agony N Distress Agonizing Late Suffering Struggle ægəni

单词 agony
音标 ['ægəni]
解释 n.极大痛苦
红宝书 【英】 n. 极大痛苦(very great mental or physical pain)
【考】 agonized : distress / obsessed : concern(极度痛苦和一般痛苦 /着迷和一般关心)painful : agonizing / important : paramount(程度: 痛苦的 : 极度痛苦的/重要的 : 极为重要的)
【记】 agon(挣扎)+y→拼命 挣扎→痛苦
【同】 同根词:agonizing( 引起大痛苦的); antagonistic(对抗性 的)
字源 agony (n.)
late 14c., "mental suffering" (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from Old French agonie, agoine "anguish, terror, death agony" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded c.1600.
不择手段背单词 n. 极大的痛苦(肉体或精神上的极度痛苦; 死前挣扎的痛苦) = dolor
【例】Her last agony was over 她临死的挣扎已经过去了.
【记】1)agon挣扎-拼命挣扎-痛苦2)ago过去, ny读: 你. 你过去了, 因为你经历了临死挣扎.
【参】agonizing(adj 苦恼的, 痛苦难忍的); antagonistic(adj 反对的)
【类】agonized: distress = obsessed: concern极度痛苦是特别痛苦 = 着迷是特别关心painful: agonizing = important: paramount十分痛苦的是极度痛苦的 = 十分重要的是极为重要的
趣味全助记 【记】ag,alg是疼痛的字根,ache + on ;a + go 去+ NY 纽约 NewYork缩写,美国的象征,去往美国,要考托考G,保持较好的本科成绩等,一路走来是痛苦的

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