Word · Frequency #7720
anguish
感到极度痛苦；受苦
to suffer or feel extreme pain or distress
- 1.
To suffer pain.
感到痛苦
- 2.
To cause to suffer pain.
使遭受痛苦
- 3.
suffer great pains or distress
遭受极大痛苦或悲伤
使痛苦；使苦恼；感到痛苦；使遭受痛苦；遭受极大痛苦或悲伤；使极痛苦
In use
She anguished over the decision to move away from her family.
The parents are anguishing over their son's mysterious disappearance.
He anguishes every time he remembers the accident he caused.
Verb forms
base anguish · third person anguishes · -ing anguishing · past anguished · past participle anguished
Connections
Collocations
- anguish over something
- 为……感到极度痛苦
- He anguished over the decision for weeks.他为这个决定痛苦了好几个星期。
- be anguished by something
- 因……而痛苦；被……折磨
- The mother was anguished by her son's disappearance.母亲因儿子失踪而痛苦不堪。
- anguish at the thought of something
- 一想到……就痛苦不已
- They anguished at the thought of losing their home.一想到可能失去家园，他们便痛苦不已。
- anguish someone
- 使某人极度痛苦
- The unfair accusation anguished her deeply.这不实的指控使她深感痛苦。
Idioms & figurative uses
- anguish over
- 为……感到极度痛苦；对……忧心如焚She anguished over whether to tell her family the truth.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：anguish 与 anger 都带 ang-，但 anger 是生气，anguish 是更深、更折磨人的痛苦。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或诗歌描写、正式书面表达、心理或情感描写 anguish 作动词时多用于文学或正式书面语，表示“感到极度痛苦”或“使遭受极大痛苦”。口语中更常用名词 anguish 或动词 hurt、suffer。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only languish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ rhymes with anguish. Language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ looks similar but ends in /dʒ/, not /ʃ/. Vanquish /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ uses /kwɪʃ/, and extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ (like distinguish and relinquish) has stress before the final -guish, so none of them rhyme with anguish.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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