in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 agonising
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ADJ-GRADED
令人痛苦的；折磨人的 Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
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He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother...
他不想像母亲和兄弟那样痛苦地死去。
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In the heat of Rome, the wait was agonizing.
在罗马的高温下，等待是一种折磨。
agonizingly
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Progress was agonizingly slow.
进展的缓慢让人备受煎熬。
2.
ADJ-GRADED
（决定或选择）令人痛苦的 Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make.
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He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future.
他这时候面临着一个关系到他不久的将来的痛苦抉择。
- Adjective
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1. extremely painful
- 1. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
- 在令人坐卧不安的一瞬间，馅饼盘悬悬乎乎地停在运河岸边，然而它突然失去了平衡，滑回水中。
来自《用法词典》
- 2. I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not.
- 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这份工作。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It was an agonizing decision for him.
- 这对他来说是一个痛苦的决定。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The accused faces an agonizing wait while the jury considers its verdict.
- 陪审团讨论裁决期间，被告面临痛苦的等待。
来自《简明英汉词典》
