英汉词典

agony 基本解释

• n. 苦恼；极大的痛苦；临死的挣扎

agony 词态变化

agony 中文词源

来自词根ag, 做。此处指比赛, 比赛中的精神压力，痛苦，折磨。

agony 英文词源

agony

agony: [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo- European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón, originally literally ‘a bringing of people together to compete for a prize’, hence ‘contest, conflict’ (which has been borrowed directly into English as agon, a technical term for the conflict between the main characters in a work of literature).

Derived from agón was agōníā ‘(mental) struggle, anguish’, which passed into English via either late Latin agōnia or French agonie. The sense of physical suffering did not develop until the 17th century; hitherto, agony had been reserved for mental stress. The first mention of an agony column comes in the magazine Fun in 1863.
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agony (n.)

late 14c., "mental suffering" (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from Old French agonie, agoine "anguish, terror, death agony" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded c. 1600.

agony 英文释义

1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;

"an agony of doubt"

"the torments of the damned"

2. a state of acute pain

agony 同义词解析

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。

agony 双语例句

1. The Aussie was in agony with a broken finger.

这个澳大利亚人承受着断指之痛。

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2. He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.

他笨拙地摔倒了，痛苦地抱住右膝倒在地上。

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3. He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.

他绕着运动场跌跌撞撞地走着，并且痛苦地大叫。

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4. His face screwed up in agony.

他的脸痛苦地扭曲着。

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5. He was writhing in agony.

他痛苦地翻滚着。

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agony 实用场景例句

Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.

杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。

牛津词典

It was agony not knowing where the children were.

孩子们下落不明真让人揪心。

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She waited in an agony of suspense.

她提心吊胆地等待。

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The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.

战争最深重的苦难现在开始了。

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Tell me now! Don't prolong the agony (= make it last longer).

现在就告诉我吧！别再让我心急如焚。

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A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests...

一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。

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She called out in agony...

她疼得叫出声来。

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His agony is beyond description.

他的痛苦不堪言状.

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I am the the dead, I am the agony inside, the dying head, this is injustice.

我仿佛行尸走肉, 我内心极度痛苦, 在垂死挣扎, 这不公平.

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The situation is frightful, but it's just piling on the agony to keep discussing it.

情况很可怕, 可是还一个劲儿地议论让人觉得更可怕.

辞典例句

He broke into a sweat of agony and apprehension.

由于巨大的悲痛和忧伤,猛地出了一身冷汗.

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He's in an agony of worry over the baby, and he feels she let him down.

他为了孩子而忧心如焚, 而且他认为她误了他的大事.

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In the same year Goya also painted a small picture of the Agony in the Garden.

同年,戈雅还画了一幅小幅的“园中祈祷”(AgonyintheGarden).

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Though the sums were huge, they calculated that fighting on would only prolong the agony.

虽然总量巨大, 但是他们计算,继续斗争只会延长痛苦.

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He was thrown into agony by his father's death.

听到父亲去世的消息,他顿感五内俱伤.

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North Vietnamese stonewalling doomed Cambodia, however, to prolonged agony.

然而北越人的拖延战术却使柬埔寨惨遭长期的磨难.

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In his then state of ecstatic agony such a conquest would have cost him little.

在他当时痛苦恍惚的状态里,这样一次胜利不会要他付出多大代价.

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From then on he was in an agony of longing.

从此,他陷入了热望的苦恼中.

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She asked the nurse how long her agony must last.

她问护士,她的极端痛苦要延续多久.

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He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.

在医生来到之前,他一直非常痛苦地躺在那里.

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He was in an agony of remorse.

他处于极端悔恨之中

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I was in an agony of doubt.

我疑虑不安,十分痛苦.

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He was squirming on the floor in agony.

他躺在地上痛苦地扭动着.

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He was writhing on the ground in agony.

他痛苦地在地上打滚.

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His last agony was over.

他临死的挣扎已经过去了.

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Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.

杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She was writhing around on the floor in agony.

她痛得在地板上直打滚。

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He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.

他绕着运动场跌跌撞撞地走着，并且痛苦地大叫。

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