agonizing

Word family nounagonagonistagonistesagonisticsagony auntagony columnagonyadjectiveagonisticagonizedagonizingadverbagonisticallyagonizedlyagonizinglyverbagonize

ag·o·niz·ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 PAINextremely painful 令人极其痛苦的

The pain was agonizing.

疼痛难忍。

2 very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait 折磨人的

an agonizing decision

痛苦的决定

—agonizingly adverbadv

at an agonizingly slow pace

以极慢的步速

Examples from the Corpus

agonizing• In retrospect, the decision to build the bomb was fraught with agonizing ambiguities.• In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries many criminals were subjected to that agonizing death.• There was one present which gave Diana the most agonizing decision of her young life.• Throughout these long, agonizing months, their lives are accompanied by the unending cacophony of my screaming.• A year later he died after suffering months of agonizing pain.• The red line on the thermometer on the wall of Caxton House crept up with agonizing slowness.

词汇	agonizing
释义	agonizing Word family nounagonagonistagonistesagonisticsagony auntagony columnagonyadjectiveagonisticagonizedagonizingadverbagonisticallyagonizedlyagonizinglyverbagonize ag·o·niz·ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjectiveadj 1 PAINextremely painful 令人极其痛苦的 The pain was agonizing. 疼痛难忍。 2 very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait 折磨人的 an agonizing decision 痛苦的决定 —agonizingly adverbadv at an agonizingly slow pace 以极慢的步速 Examples from the Corpus agonizing• In retrospect, the decision to build the bomb was fraught with agonizing ambiguities.• In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries many criminals were subjected to that agonizing death.• There was one present which gave Diana the most agonizing decision of her young life.• Throughout these long, agonizing months, their lives are accompanied by the unending cacophony of my screaming.• A year later he died after suffering months of agonizing pain.• The red line on the thermometer on the wall of Caxton House crept up with agonizing slowness.
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