agony
noun /ˈæɡəni/
/ˈæɡəni/
[uncountable, countable] (plural agonies)
Idioms - extreme physical or mental pain
（精神或肉体的）极度痛苦 - in agony Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.
杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 - in an agony of something She waited in an agony of suspense.
她提心吊胆地等待着。 - It was agony not knowing where the children were.
孩子们下落不明真让人揪心。 - The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.
战争最深重的苦难现在开始了。 - Tell me now! Don’t prolong the agony (= make it last longer).
现在就告诉我吧！别再让我心急如焚。 - It is inhuman to keep a man facing the agony of execution for so long.
让一个人长时间面临处决的痛苦是不人道的。
Topics Illnessc1- The soldier died in agony.
这个士兵痛苦地死去。 - She mumbled an apology in an agony of embarrassment.
她极为尴尬地咕哝着道了歉。 - She was causing David a great deal of agony.
她让戴维饱受痛苦。 - They went through agony in the search for their missing relatives.
他们在寻找失散亲人的过程中经历了极大的痛苦。 - The little creature squirmed in its death agonies.
这个小生命快要死了，正痛苦地扭动着身体。 - He endured agonies of loneliness and misery.
他忍受着寂寞和贫穷的折磨。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excruciating
- extreme
- intense
- …
- endure
- go through
- suffer
- …
- in agony
- in an agony of
- a groan of agony
- a scream of agony
- groan in agony
- …
词源late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th cent. - in agony Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.
Idioms
pile on the agony/gloom
- (especially British English, informal) to make an unpleasant situation worse
使雪上加霜；伤口上撒盐 - Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses.
老板威胁要削减更多的职位，令情况更加恶化。
- Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses.