agony

['ægəni]

n.极度的痛苦, 挣扎

n.

1. 极度痛苦; 苦恼[C][U]

They went through the agonies of war and famine.

他们经历了战争和饥荒的痛苦。

2. 临死的痛苦[P]

3. (感情的)爆发[C]

The football fans cheered the winning team with agonies of wild joy.

足球迷欣喜若狂地向胜队欢呼。

词形变化

名词复数: agonies |

词义辨析

同义:

n.痛苦; 苦恼

torment  suffering  pain  torture  grief  distress  anguish  woe  heartache  

同义参见:

hell  sorrow  oppression  misery  

反义:

n.极度痛苦; 痛苦的挣扎

solace  consolation  relief  comfort  

英英释义

名词 agony:

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

同义词：torment, torture

a state of acute pain

同义词：suffering, excruciation

短语词组

pile/put on the agony

1. 过分渲染悲痛

When she was telling us about her headache, she really piled on the agony just to gain our sympathy.

她在同我们说起她头痛时, 真的在过分渲染以取得我们的同情。

补充

agonyagony英:[ˈæɡəni] 美:[ˈæɡəni]n.1.极大的痛苦He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.在医生来到之前, 他一直非常痛苦地躺在那里。I was in an agony of doubt.我疑虑不安, 十分痛苦。

例句

1. A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests.一种新机器也许可以使成千上万动物免受药物试验的巨大痛苦。 2. She had seen her father die in agony.她看到了父亲痛苦地死去。 3. I couldn't move. I was in agony.我不能动弹。我疼痛难忍。 4. the agony of lost love and broken dreams失恋和梦想破碎带来的痛苦 5. She remembered the agony she had felt after the divorce.她记得离婚后曾是多么痛苦。 6. the agony of watching a loved one suffer目睹所爱的人遭受折磨的痛苦 7. He and his wife are in agony over the allegations of corruption.他和妻子因受到腐败指控而痛苦万分。 8. As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt.在年轻的时候, 他曾因宗教信仰上的怀疑而苦恼。 9. Now she was really turning on the agony, saying she had nothing left to live for.现在她真是在大肆渲染痛苦, 说没有什么盼头活下去。 10. agony columnists cannot know everything about your situation.答读者问的专栏作者不可能了解你的所有情况。 11. he crashed to the ground in agony.他痛苦地跌倒在地。 12. his last agony.他临终前的痛苦。 13. the death agony.临死的痛苦。 14. to be/scream in agony处于极度痛苦之中；因极度痛苦而尖叫 15. She was in terrible agony after breaking her leg.她在腿摔断后陷入极度痛苦。 16. He died in agony.他疼痛而死。 17. The medicine relieves the agony of muscle cramps very quickly.这种药能迅速缓解肌肉痉挛引起的疼痛。 18. the agony of defeat失败的痛苦 19. It was agony to watch him suffer like that.看他那样受罪让人感到难受。 20. He suffered no agonies of guilt/remorse/regret over his decision. [=he did not feel guilty about his decision]他对自己的决定丝毫不感到自责。