| 单词 | heartrending |
| 释义 | heartrending (once / 8090 pages) adj Something heartrending is heartbreaking: it causes grief and sadness. The heart is the organ associated with emotions, and to rend something is to tear it, so heartrending things tear up your heart: not literally, but because they make you sad. The death of a friend or loved one is heartrending. Getting a terrible disease like cancer is heartrending. A tragic story can be heartrending if it makes you feel for the people involved. Anything that makes you cry is probably heartrending. WORD FAMILYheartrending: heartrendingly USAGE EXAMPLESAlong with the outtakes of other films is the heartrending footage of Ms. Johnson’s own mother, whose mind is being rapidly erased by Alzheimer’s. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) That heartrending moment is just one of many Santas may face when they don the red suit and shoulder the accompanying responsibilities. Time(Dec 12, 2016) Halfway through Barry Jenkins’s heartrending film “Moonlight,” the young protagonist, Chiron, is asked by his mother, an addict, for money to fuel her drug habit. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) adj causing or marked by grief or anguish the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter Syn grievous, heartbreaking sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
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