agonizing
adj. 痛苦難忍的; 使人苦惱的
v. 使極度痛苦; 折磨(agonize的ing形式)
Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother...
他不想像母親和兄弟那樣痛苦地死去。
In the heat of Rome, the wait was agonizing.
在羅馬的高溫下,等待是一種折磨。
Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make.
He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future.
他這時候面臨著一個關係到他不久的將來的痛苦抉擇。
1. extremely painful
For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but It'suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
在令人坐臥不安的一瞬間, 餡餅盤懸懸乎乎地停在運河岸邊, 然而它突然失去了平衡,滑回水中.
Time spent agonizing over them is time wasted.
把時間折騰在這下面,是糟蹋時間.
They had received a $ 100,000 windfall and were agonizing about how to spend it.
他們得到了10萬美元的意外之財,不知道該怎麼花.
The Violence Center, however, died an agonizing death.
然而, 這個暴力中心痛苦的關閉了.
There are something amused and others agonizing, maybe the lives are already like that.
有開心的事,也有煩惱的事, 也許生活本該如此吧!