学个词Learn a Word 第940期 Agonizing

今天我们要学的词是agonizing¹。 Agonizing, 痛苦的。 "It was an agonizing decision to make," 这是一个痛苦的决定。 "The team suffered an agonizing loss," 这支球队输了球痛苦不堪。 "The agonizing wait was finally over when I received the admission letter from Harvard," 我接到哈佛大学的录取通知书后，痛苦的等待终于算是结束了。 "President Obama soon will have to make an agonizing choice on the future of U.S. nuclear policy," 美国总统奥巴马很快要就美国核政策的未来做出痛苦的选择。好的，今天我们学习的词是agonizing...

 

1 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死