agony

n. 苦恼；极大的痛苦；临死的挣扎

n.

极大的痛苦；苦恼，烦闷；临死的挣扎；（感情的）迸发

变形

复数：agonies

双语释义

[U][C]极大的痛苦 very great pain or suffering of mind or body

英英释义

agony[ 'æɡəni ]

n.

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

"an agony of doubt"

同义词：tormenttorture

a state of acute pain

同义词：sufferingexcruciation

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

endure agony忍受痛苦

experience agony经受痛苦

feel agony感到痛苦

prolong the agony拖延痛苦

suffer -nies受苦

形容词+～

acute agony剧烈的痛苦

deep agony极大的痛苦

great agony极大的痛苦

indescribable agony难以形容的痛苦

mortal agony极大的苦恼

spiritual agony精神上的痛苦

untold agony说不出的痛苦

～+名词

agony aunt解答读者疑难的专栏女作家

agony column答读者问专栏

介词+～

in agony痛苦地

in an agony of …之极端

in an agony of joy狂喜

in -nies with toothache苦于牙痛

lie in agony痛苦地躺着

look on in agony at在旁边痛苦地看着(某人)

pile upon the agony渲染悲痛的事情

～+介词

-nies from sb's broken arm断臂的痛苦

词组短语

agony of(感情上的)突然而强烈的爆发，任何精神上的激动

in agony痛苦不堪

agony aunt（英）问答专栏阿姨；心理咨询阿姨

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“苦恼、痛苦”的意思，其区别是：

sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。

grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。

anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。

torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。

distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。

misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。

torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

It was great agony to watch him passing away.
看着他死去是极大的痛苦。

The agony of that moment was terrific.
那一刹那的痛苦是可怕的。

He was in an agony of remorse.
他处于悔恨的海洋中。

Rescue the jobber girl who struggles in agony.
救救痛苦中挣扎的打工妹。

Thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony.
成千上万的另一些人在痛苦中挣扎之后慢慢死去。

权威例句

agony

agony: [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo- European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón, originally literally ‘a bringing of people together to compete for a prize’, hence ‘contest, conflict’ (which has been borrowed directly into English as agon, a technical term for the conflict between the main characters in a work of literature).Derived from agón was agōníā ‘(mental) struggle, anguish’, which passed into English via either late Latin agōnia or French agonie. The sense of physical suffering did not develop until the 17th century; hitherto, agony had been reserved for mental stress. The first mention of an agony column comes in the magazine Fun in 1863.=> antagonist

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.

1. His last agony was over.

他临死的挣扎已经过去了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. The cab crawled along, and she was in an agony of impatience.

马车轱辘轱辘朝前驶，她心急如焚。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. That girl has a lot of agony to get through yet.

那姑娘还有许多苦恼要承受。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. At last, one over-stretched chord of her agony slacked.

最后，她那过分紧张痛苦心弦松弛下来了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. The agony and despair were gone.

苦痛和绝望却已经不存在了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. He writhed in agony.

他疼得直打滚。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. She was in an agony of indecision.

她陷於犹豫不决的痛苦之中.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. The jury-room itself may and frequently does become a dull agony.

陪审团室本身就可能是，而且往往会变成一种恼人的苦痛。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Their inmost soul is tortured by an agony of passion.

他们的灵魂深处被热情啮蚀。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. He was in agony when he descended a crowded stair.

最使他急得无法可施的是在人丛中走下楼的时候。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句