[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
[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
Middle English : via Old French from Latin angustia 'tightness', (plural) 'straits, distress', from angustus 'narrow'