| 单词 | agony |
| 释义 | agony (once / 193 pages) n The noun agony means acute pain — either mental or physical, but people often use the word hyperbolically: "This paper cut is agony." The noun agony is also used in the common phrase "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat," which has been the tag-line of ABC's Wide World of Sports for decades. The catchphrase, in turn, is often rendered as a pun: "He fell of the ladder and broke his foot. He writhed in agony from the pain, but the physical pain, was nothing compared to his mental agony when the doctor setting the bone joked, 'Now you know the agony of de feet!'" WORD FAMILYagony: agonal, agonies, agonise, agonist, agonize+/agonise: agonised, agonises, agonising/agonised: agonisedly/agonising: agonisingly/agonist: agonistic, agonists/agonistic: agonistical/agonize: agonized, agonizes, agonizing/agonized: agonizedly/agonizing: agonizingly USAGE EXAMPLESHe pounded his fist on the field, in agony. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) They used colorful metaphors describing death, agony and decay to describe the ties. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Despite being aimed at a young audience, A Monster Calls doesn’t soft-pedal the agony of grief. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1n intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain an agony of doubt Syn|Hyper torment, torture hurt, suffering feelings of mental or physical pain 2n a state of acute pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper excruciation, suffering throe severe spasm of pain Passion, Passion of Christthe suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
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