anguish

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n. 剧痛, 痛苦 vt. 使极痛苦 vi. 感到痛苦

发音

US /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

词形变化

anguishes 复数 anguishes anguished anguishes 三单 anguishing anguisht anguishing 现在分词 anguished 过去式 anguished 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

痛苦；苦恼

动词

使极度痛苦

动词

感到极度的痛苦

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

    剧痛

    可数 不可数

    So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.

v.
  1. 1.

    To suffer pain.

    受苦

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To cause to suffer pain.

    使痛苦

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

torture torment

上位词 3

hurt suffering distress
动词

同义词 2

hurt pain

上位词 8

hurt upset suffer ache disconcert discomfit discompose untune

下位词 8

try torture rack torment agonize agonise break someone's heart excruciate

相关短语

pear of anguish pears of anguish

词源

From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.

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