in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 agonise
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VERB
感到极度焦虑；苦苦思索 If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
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Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved...
也许他正在为其中牵扯的道德问题而伤脑筋。
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She only made the decision to apply for training after years of agonizing.
多年的苦苦思索之后，她才作出了申请培训的决定。
- 1. I will not let your secret out to agonize the man I love.
- 我绝不会把你的秘密说出去而让我所钟爱的人遭受痛苦的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Why do you agonize yourself with the thought of your failure?
- 你为何总是对于你的失败念念不忘而自我折磨呢？
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
