anguish

anguish
noun
  1. [mass noun]severe mental or physical pain or suffering
    (精神或肉体上的)极度痛苦;剧痛
    she shut her eyes in anguish.
    她极为痛苦地闭上了眼睛。
    Philip gave a cry of anguish.
    菲利普痛苦地大叫一声。
verb
  1. [no obj.]be extremely distressed about something
    感到痛苦
    I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I'd made the right decision.
    在接下来的两个星期里,我一直在为是否做出了正确决定而苦恼。
语源
  1. Middle English : via Old French from Latin angustia 'tightness', (plural) 'straits, distress', from angustus 'narrow'
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