anguish over sth
表示因某事而长时间内心痛苦,over后接原因。
She anguished over her son's decision to drop out of school.
她为儿子辍学的决定而痛苦。
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
to suffer or feel extreme pain or distress
感到痛苦
To suffer pain.
使遭受痛苦
To cause to suffer pain.
遭受极大痛苦或悲伤
suffer great pains or distress
一般现在时
She anguishes over every decision.
她为每一个决定感到痛苦。
一般过去时
He anguished for days after the accident.
事故发生后,他痛苦了好几天。
现在进行时
They are anguishing over the loss of their home.
他们正为失去家园而痛苦。
She anguished over the decision to move away from her family.
她因决定远离家人而承受巨大的痛苦。
用法提示:anguish 作动词,与 over 搭配表示因某事感到极度痛苦。
The parents are anguishing over their son's mysterious disappearance.
父母正因儿子神秘失踪而万分痛苦。
用法提示:anguishing 为现在分词形式,与 over 连用表示持续的痛苦。
He anguishes every time he remembers the accident he caused.
每次想起自己造成的事故,他都痛苦不堪。
用法提示:anguishes 为一般现在时第三人称单数,直接表达内心的折磨。
表示因某事而长时间内心痛苦,over后接原因。
She anguished over her son's decision to drop out of school.
她为儿子辍学的决定而痛苦。
被动形式,强调由某事引起的痛苦。
He was anguished by the loss of his closest friend.
他因失去最亲密的朋友而痛苦不堪。
及物用法,表示使某人感到痛苦。
The thought of leaving her family anguished her deeply.
一想到要离开家人,她就深感痛苦。
agonize 常与 over/about 搭配,强调因难题、抉择而长期焦虑不安;最接近 anguish 的‘内心煎熬’,但不用于肉体疼痛。
suffer 语义宽泛,可指肉体或精神的任何痛苦,语气较 anguish 弱;要表达‘极度痛苦’时常加程度状语,如 suffer terribly。
grieve 主要用于丧失亲友等令人悲痛的情形,情感色彩强,但不像 anguish 那样涵盖广泛的肉体痛苦;指身体疼痛时不适用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She looked very anguish when she heard the bad news.
正确表达She looked very anguished when she heard the bad news.
anguish 是动词或名词,不能作形容词。系动词 look 后表示“显得极度痛苦的”时,要用过去分词 anguished,它已形容词化,可受 very 修饰。
grammar · medium
易错句子He anguished the decision for weeks.
正确表达He anguished over the decision for weeks.
表示“为某事感到痛苦”时,anguish 作不及物动词,不能直接跟宾语 the decision,而要用介词 over(或 about)引出对象。over the decision 说明他因这个决定而痛苦。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is anguish about her future.
正确表达She is anguishing about her future.
系动词 is 后不能直接跟动词原形 anguish;表示“正在为……感到痛苦”时,要用现在分词 anguishing,构成现在进行时 is anguishing。汉语动词没有时态形态变化,学习者容易漏掉 -ing。
用于anguish的“(自己)感到极度痛苦”义,反义双方主语均为感受者,不可用于“使痛苦”义。
用于anguish的“使(他人)痛苦”义,表示以安慰减轻痛苦,与“使痛苦”相对。
用于anguish的“使(他人)痛苦”义,强调解除或缓解痛苦,与“使痛苦”相对。
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。
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。
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。
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。
常与 anguish 同现,指引发极度痛苦的深层经历。
亲人离世是导致 anguish 的常见情境。
人在极度 anguish 时常发出的声音。
描述在悲痛中坚持支撑,常搭配 endure anguish。
常修饰 anguish,如 emotional anguish,强调心理层面。
为……感到极度痛苦;对……忧心如焚
She anguished over whether to tell her family the truth.
她对是否把真相告诉家人感到极度痛苦。
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