| 单词 | excruciating |
| 释义 | excruciating (once / 3813 pages) adj Something that’s really intense or painful is excruciating. If you go skiing and break your leg in several places, the ride from the slope to the hospital will be excruciating — unless you're unconscious, too. Excruciating doesn't just hurt. It feels like torture. This adjective actually comes to us from the Latin excruciatus, which means “to afflict, harass, vex, torment.” Extremely painful injuries are certainly excruciating, but sometimes so are tedious tasks or long waits: Watching the old lady in front of you pay for her groceries one nickel at a time can be just as excruciating as 4 broken ribs, especially if you're in a hurry. WORD FAMILYexcruciating: excruciatingly+/excruciate: excruciated, excruciates, excruciating, excruciation/excruciation: excruciations USAGE EXAMPLESThe piece, excruciating to read now, discussed the significance of Clinton running on an explicitly feminist platform and winning thanks to women’s votes. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) At the core of this small group are legislative veterans who understand the excruciating difficulties of getting major bills to a president’s desk. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) He does remember waking up to excruciating pain. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) adj extremely painful Syn agonising, agonizing, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous painful causing physical or psychological pain |
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