agonize
英 美 ['?ɡ?na?z]
- vi. 感到極度痛苦；掙扎
- vt. 使極度痛苦；折磨
助記提示
1、agon- + -ize.
2、本身的直接含義：痛苦的掙扎，(劇烈的)爭奪，(激烈的)競爭。
3、由于競爭、爭奪的殘酷性和激烈性，進而導致身心的煎熬與痛苦，由此進而引申為：(精神上或肉體上極度的)痛苦；極度悲痛，臨死的痛苦；垂死的掙扎。
英文詞源
- agonize (v.)
- 1580s, "to torture," from Middle French agoniser or directly from Medieval Latin agonizare, from Greek agonizesthai "contend in the struggle" (see agony). Intransitive sense of "suffer physical pain" is recorded from 1660s; that of "to worry intensely" is from 1853. Related: Agonized; agonizing.
雙語例句
- 1. Why do you agonize yourself with the thought of your failure?
- 你為何總是對于你的失敗念念不忘而自我折磨 呢 ?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. I agonize for a while before buying a new toothbrush.
- 而我,在買一支牙刷之前還要掙扎一番.
來自互聯網
- 3. There's no reason to agonize over telling people you're job hunting.
- 沒有理由為告訴他人你正在找工作而感到苦惱.
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- 4. Don't stress, don't agonize – just go with the flow.
- 簡單,就是不要有壓力, 不要煩惱-只要隨心而動.
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- 5. Come on Sam, agonize your assignment, just do it.
- 好了,山姆, 用不著為這點任務弄得痛苦不堪, 就動手干吧.
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