agonize
agonize 英 [ˈægənaɪz] 美 [ˈæɡəˌnaɪz]
vi. 感到极度痛苦；挣扎 vt. 使极度痛苦；折磨
进行时:agonizing 过去式:agonized 过去分词:agonized 第三人称单数:agonizes
- When you worry excessively about something, you agonize about it. The mother of a teenage boy might agonize over his safety when he first learns to drive.
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- vi. 感到极度痛苦；挣扎
- vt. 使极度痛苦；折磨
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1. I agonize for a while before buying a new toothbrush.
而我，在买一支牙刷之前还要挣扎一番。
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2. As a mother, I agonize over what my children will inherit.
作为一个母亲，我对我的孩子们将要继承的东西感到极度痛苦。
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3. I’m sorry but those decisions you agonize over just don’t make any difference. The color you paint your house, whether you should let your child do x, where you go on vacation, etc.
原谅我这么说，但是那些令你苦恼的决定真的改变不了什么，比如你把房间刷成什么颜色，你是否应该让孩子做某事，你在哪里度假等等。
- agonize (v.) 1580s, "to torture" (trans.), from Middle French agoniser (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin agonizare "to labor, strive, contend," also "be at the point of death," from Greek agonizesthai "contend in the struggle, contend for victory or a prize" (in reference to physical combat, stage competitions, lawsuits), from agonia "a struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games" (see agony). Intransitive sense of "suffer extreme physical pain" is recorded from 1660s; mental sense of "to worry intensely" is from 1853. Related: Agonized; agonizing.
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