Word · Frequency #14588
agonising
折磨人的；令人痛苦的
核心释义
Causing agony; very painful
- 1.
引起极度痛苦的；非常痛苦的。
Causing agony; very painful
引起极度痛苦的；非常痛苦的。；烦恼的；苦闷的
用法In use
The wait for the exam results was absolutely agonising.
用法提示：此处'agonising'作形容词，形容等待带来的极度痛苦感受。
He endured an agonising recovery from the knee surgery.
用法提示：此处'agonising'作形容词，描述恢复过程中持续的剧烈疼痛。
Making the choice between the two job offers was an agonising decision.
用法提示：此处'agonising'作形容词，强调决定带来的内心折磨。
be + agonising
The wait was agonising.
等待令人痛苦。
agonising + noun
They faced an agonising decision.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- agonising pain
- 剧痛
- She was in agonising pain after the accident.事故后她处于剧痛之中。
- agonising decision
- 痛苦的决定
- Choosing to leave his hometown was an agonising decision.选择离开家乡是一个痛苦的决定。
- agonising wait
- 令人煎熬的等待
- The family faced an agonising wait for the test results.这家人面临着令人煎熬的等待。
- agonising choice
- 痛苦的选择
- The doctor had to make an agonising choice.医生不得不做出痛苦的选择。
- agonising death
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想记忆：agonising 开头藏着 agony（剧痛），加上 -ising 表示“令人…的”；想象剧痛折磨人的画面，拼写也记作 a-go-nising。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医疗描述、新闻报道、个人叙述 该词多用于描述身体或精神上的极度痛苦，在口语和书面语中都较常见，语气偏正式但并非局限于某一领域。选择中性语域是因为它在日常对话和正式写作中都可自然使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
Commonly used both attributively (e.g., agonising pain) and predicatively (e.g., the pain is agonising).
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No perfect rhymes exist because the primary stress is on the first syllable. The following words share the same /-aɪzɪŋ/ ending sound but are not exact rhymes (stress differs): organising /ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ/, recognising /ˈrɛkəɡnaɪzɪŋ/, exercising /ˈɛksəsaɪzɪŋ/, advertising /ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ/. Lookalikes that sound different: surprising /səˈpraɪzɪŋ/ (stress on /aɪ/), colonising /ˈkɒlənaɪzɪŋ/ (different vowel /ɒ/).
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