anguish

英 ['æŋɡwɪʃ] 美 ['æŋɡwɪʃ]

• n. 苦闷；痛苦
• v. （使）极苦闷；（使）极痛苦

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]剧痛; 极度痛苦; 苦恼

   severe pain, mental suffering or unhappiness

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 苦恼
2. 极度的痛苦
3. 剧痛
4. 痛苦
5. 焦虑
6. 伤心
7. 凄楚
8. 悲恸
9. 令人心酸
10. 苦闷
11. 悲痛

v. 动词

1. 使…极度痛苦
2. （使）感到极度的痛苦
3. 痛苦
4. （使）苦恼
5. 悲痛万分
6. 使…极苦闷
7. 使悲痛
8. 感到痛苦
9. 悲痛

英英释义

Noun:

1. extreme mental distress

2. extreme distress of body or mind

Verb:

1. suffer great pains or distress

2. cause emotional anguish or make miserable;

   "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Physical disability causes mental anguish.
   生理伤残会引起心理苦闷。
2. I expected something with a terrible anguish that tortured my heart.
   在极度揪心的苦闷中我似乎在期待着某种东西。
3. The quarrel caused her great anguish.
   争吵给她造成了极大的痛苦。
4. Her mental anguish was beyond words.
   她内心的痛苦难以用言语形容。
5. I was in anguish until I knew she was still alive.
   我以前不知道她还活著，所以一直万分痛苦。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Physical disability causes mental anguish.
   生理伤残会引起心理苦闷。
2. Who can measure the anguish of my heart?
   谁会了解我内心的苦闷？
3. Her heart anguished within her.
   她的心中非常痛苦。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. When his wife and three children were burnt to death, his anguish was so great that it turned to madness.
   他妻子和三个孩子被火烧死以后他极度悲痛,以致变得精神失常。
2. His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear.
   他对案子审理结果表现出的万分痛苦是显而易见的。
3. The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.
   难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
4. He tried hard to repress the rising anguish.
   他尽量压制着涌上心头的苦恼。
5. She felt anguish at the idea of being separated from her child.
   一想到和孩子分离,她就很痛苦。
6. She suffered the anguish of despair.
   她忍受着绝望的痛苦。
7. The child's disappearance caused much anguish in the community.
   那孩子的失踪在街坊中引起了莫大的悲痛。
8. Time can lessen all anguish.
   时间可以减轻一切痛苦。
9. He groaned in anguish.
   他痛苦地呻吟。
10. He was in anguish until the doctor set his broken leg.
    在医生将他的断腿接上之前,他痛不欲生。
11. In her anguish she forgot to leave a message.
    由于痛楚至极,她忘了留下口信。
12. She cried out for anguish at parting.
    分别使她痛哭失声。
13. She spoke to him in great anguish.
    她怀着极大的哀痛与他说话。
14. She was chocked with anguish.
    她痛苦得说不出话来。
15. She was in anguish over her missing child.
    孩子失踪了,她心里极为悲痛。
16. Tears of anguish filled eyes.
    她双眸噙满了伤心的泪水。
17. The news story told of the mother's anguish at the death of her daughter.
    这则新闻报道叙述了女儿去世给那位母亲带来的痛苦。
18. The parents were in deep mental anguish at 〔over〕 what might have happened.
    想到可能发生的事,做父母的精神上痛苦不已。
19. The rejection filled him with anguish.
    遭到拒绝使他痛苦无比。
20. The whole family waited in anguish for news of the missing child.
    全家苦恼地等失踪儿童的消息。
21. She was in anguish until she knew that her husband's life had been saved.
    她心里一直很痛苦,直到得知她丈夫已经得救才放心。
22. His whole frame quivered with anguish as kick followed kick in rapid succession.
    当他挨一连串脚踢时,他整个身体因痛苦而颤抖。

经典引文

• The beauty of the scene appeased the anguish of his heart.

  出自： A. J. Cronin

• When I went to see her after Rickie's death she was in anguish.

  出自： R. Lehmann

• My head was heavy with pain and any movement brought twinges of anguish.

  出自： I. Murdoch

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cause anguish 引起痛苦
• endure anguish 忍受痛苦
• lessen anguish 减轻痛苦
• suffer anguish 遭受痛苦

形容词+～

• acute anguish 剧痛
• bodily anguish 肉体的痛苦
• deep anguish 极度的痛苦
• indescribable anguish 难以描述的痛苦
• intolerable anguish 无法忍受的痛苦
• jealous anguish 忌妒的痛苦
• maddening anguish 令人发疯的痛苦

介词+～

• be in anguish 感到很痛苦

～+介词

• the anguish at 因…而产生的痛苦
• the anguish over 由…引起的痛苦
• the anguish of failure 失败的痛苦
• the anguish of grief 悲痛欲绝

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. anguish的基本意思是“令人几乎不能忍受; 极度痛苦”,侧重于表示精神上的极度苦恼或悲痛,是正式用语,不可数名词。

词义辨析

agony，anguish，torment，torture，grief，misery，distress，sorrow

• 这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
• agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
• 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。
• torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
• 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。
• 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。
• misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
• 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。
• sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

近反义词

【近义词】

• distress 不幸
• torment 苦痛
• pain 痛苦
• agony 极度的痛苦
• suffering 痛苦
• torture 拷问
• grief 悲痛
• woe 悲哀
• heartache 心痛
• sorrow 悲伤
• anxiety 焦虑
• hell 地狱
• persecution 迫害
• writhe 挣扎
• oppression 压抑
• affliction 痛苦
• angst (尤指因人生的不幸而引起...
• hurt 损害

【反义词】

• comfort
• ease
• relief

派生词

n.(名词)

• anguished adj. 充满痛苦的