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单词 harrowing
释义

harrowing

/ˈharəʊɪŋ /
adjective
Acutely distressing: a harrowing film about racism and violence it was a harrowing experience...
  • The committee has heard a number of submissions, some of which were harrowing.
  • Ethiopia, where 10 to 14 million people now face famine, is also going through a harrowing experience.
  • Arab Americans who came forward to testify at the hearing told equally harrowing tales of harassment.

Derivatives

harrowingly

adverb ...
  • Chekhov's short story ‘Peasants' harrowingly captures the nastiness, brutishness and shortness of life in a village of the time.
  • A harrowingly metaphorical building, the Jewish Museum exemplifies the preoccupation with symbolism in Berlin's new architecture.
  • This is one of the finest accounts of a Greek play I have seen, and Claire Higgins's harrowingly passionate performance is great.
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