词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~- endure agony忍受痛苦
- experience agony经受痛苦
- feel agony感到痛苦
- prolong the agony拖延痛苦
- suffer -nies受苦
形容词+~- acute agony剧烈的痛苦
- deep agony极大的痛苦
- great agony极大的痛苦
- indescribable agony难以形容的痛苦
- mortal agony极大的苦恼
- spiritual agony精神上的痛苦
- untold agony说不出的痛苦
~+名词- agony aunt解答读者疑难的专栏女作家
- agony column答读者问专栏
介词+~- in agony痛苦地
- in an agony of …之极端
- in an agony of joy狂喜
- in -nies with toothache苦于牙痛
- lie in agony痛苦地躺着
- look on in agony at在旁边痛苦地看着(某人)
- pile upon the agony渲染悲痛的事情
~+介词- -nies from sb's broken arm断臂的痛苦
词组短语
agony of(感情上的)突然而强烈的爆发,任何精神上的激动
in agony痛苦不堪
agony aunt(英)问答专栏阿姨;心理咨询阿姨
同近义词辨析
sorrow, agony, grief, anguish, torment, distress, misery, torture
这组词都有“苦恼、痛苦”的意思,其区别是:
sorrow语气比grief弱,指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦;用于身体时,多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态,多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
torture语气比toment强,指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- It was great agony to watch him passing away.
看着他死去是极大的痛苦。 - The agony of that moment was terrific.
那一刹那的痛苦是可怕的。 - He was in an agony of remorse.
他处于悔恨的海洋中。 - Rescue the jobber girl who struggles in agony.
救救痛苦中挣扎的打工妹。 - Thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony.
成千上万的另一些人在痛苦中挣扎之后慢慢死去。
权威例句
The Agony of Education: Black Students at a White UniversityMother or nothing: the agony of infertilityGenetic Diversity and the Agony of ChoiceThe agony of ambivalence and ways to resolve it: introducing the MAID modelWhat to protect?—Systematics and the agony of choiceThe Agony of Choice: How Plants Balance Growth and Survival under Water-Limiting ConditionsEcstasy and agony: activation of the human amygdala in positive and negative emotionLymphocytes transport serotonin and dopamine: agony or ecstasy?The Agony of Victory and Thrill of Defeat: Mixed Emotional Reactions to Disappointing Wins and Relieving LossesThe Agony of Education: Black Students at White Colleges and Universities by Joe R. Feagin; Hernan Vera; Nikitah Imani