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be wrenching
作形容词，表示‘令人痛苦的、揪心的’，常用作表语，主语是造成痛苦的事件或经历。
The decision was wrenching for the whole family.
这个决定让全家人痛苦不堪。
令人痛苦的；揪心的
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令人痛苦的；揪心的
causing great physical or mental suffering
The decision was wrenching for the whole family.
这个决定让全家人痛苦不堪。
常用于复合词，如 heart-wrenching（令人心碎的）。
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The family made the wrenching decision to sell their old house.
这个家庭做出了卖掉老房子的痛苦决定。
She let out a wrenching cry when she heard the bad news.
她听到坏消息时发出了一声揪心的哭喊。
It was wrenching to watch the rescue team work through the night.
看着救援队整夜工作，令人心痛。
作形容词，表示‘令人痛苦的、揪心的’，常用作表语，主语是造成痛苦的事件或经历。
The decision was wrenching for the whole family.
这个决定让全家人痛苦不堪。
作定语修饰名词，强调该事物带来极大的精神痛苦。
It was a wrenching experience to visit the war zone.
访问战区是一次痛苦的经历。
作名词，是园艺/林业术语，指截断幼苗主根以促生侧根的育苗技术。
The wrenching of seedlings encourages a compact root system.
对幼苗进行截根可促进根系紧凑。
为动词 wrench 的现在分词，表示‘用力拧/拽’；后接宾语和表示分离方向的状语。
He was wrenching the stubborn nail out of the wood.
他正用力把顽固的钉子从木头里拔出来。
Not this
I bought a wrenching to fix the sink.
Use this
I bought a wrench to fix the sink.
扳手这个工具叫 wrench，不叫 wrenching。wrenching 是动词 wrench 的 -ing 形式或名词（如“苗木铲根”），不能表示工具，所以要用 wrench。
Not this
I was wrenching my ankle when I fell.
Use this
I wrenched my ankle when I fell.
wrench 表示“扭伤”时是瞬时动词，不能用于进行时。摔倒时扭伤是一次性完成的动作，应用一般过去时 wrenched。
Not this
I was wrenching by the news.
Use this
I was wrenched by the news.
wrenching 是现在分词/形容词，表示“令人痛苦的”，不能用来描述人受到打击；要表示人被某事深深影响，应用被动语态 I was wrenched by the news。这是混淆 -ing 与 -ed 的典型错误。
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令人极度难受的；撕心裂肺的
The images of the accident were gut-wrenching.
事故的画面令人极度难受。
令人心碎的；揪心的
It was a heart-wrenching scene.
那是一个令人心碎的场面。
剧烈的疼痛；撕裂般的疼痛
A wrenching pain shot through his back.
一阵剧烈的疼痛穿过他的背部。
撕心裂肺的抽泣
She broke into wrenching sobs.
她突然撕心裂肺地哭了起来。
极其痛苦的决定
They faced a wrenching decision.
他们面临一个极其痛苦的决定。
令人极度痛苦的；引起强烈不适的
The documentary showed gut-wrenching footage of the disaster.
这部纪录片展示了灾难中令人极度痛苦的画面。
令人心碎的；悲痛的
It was a heart-wrenching story about a lost child.
那是一个关于走失儿童的令人心碎的故事。
震撼灵魂的；极其痛苦的
She let out a soul-wrenching cry when she heard the news.
听到这个消息时，她发出了震撼灵魂的哭喊。
Use wrenching naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 wrench 想成“猛扭”，wrenching 就是心被狠狠扭了一下，痛得揪心。
语域：formal 常见场景：forestry、tree nursery、silviculture 该义项是林业、园艺领域的专业术语，指育苗时切断苗木主根以促进须根生长的操作。通常出现在技术手册、学术论文或专业教材中，属于正式语体，日常口语中很少使用。
与 wrenching /ˈrentʃɪŋ/ 押韵的词有 clenching、drenching、trenching、quenching（元音和结尾 /ntʃɪŋ/ 相同）。注意 winching /ˈwɪntʃɪŋ/ 和 branching /ˈbræntʃɪŋ/ 拼写相近，但元音分别是 /ɪ/ 和 /æ/，与 wrenching 不押韵。
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