agonies

英 [ˈægəniz]

美 [ˈægəniz]

n.  (精神或肉体的)极度痛苦
agony的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （肉体或精神的）极度痛苦，创痛
  Agonyis great physical or mental pain.
  1. 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。
  2. She called out in agony...
     她疼得叫出声来。
  3. As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt.
     年轻时，他因为对宗教的怀疑而饱受折磨。

双语例句

• I've suffered agonies with toothache.
  我遭受牙痛之苦。
• Later I experienced all the agonies of regret.
  后来，我体会到了后悔的一切痛苦。
• They went through the agonies of war and famine.
  他们经历了战争和饥荒的痛苦。
• The young girl rose instantly, but the man lay on the earth struggling in the agonies of death.
  那青年姑娘立刻爬了起来，而那个男的却躺在地上，在临死的痛苦中挣扎着。
• In many accounts, the BBC's current agonies are integrated with the pervasive apprehension afflicting the TV industry.
  在很大程度上，BBC眼下的麻烦是与困扰电视业的普遍担忧相伴随的问题。
• This is no time for any man to withdraw into some ivory tower and proclaim the right to hold himself aloof from the problems and the agonies of his society.
  现在对于任何人都不是缩进某座象牙塔并声明自己有权置身于社会问题与痛苦之外的时候。
• The slave's agonies were brief, for the giant spiders sucked the juices from their victim in mere moments.
  它的痛苦巨大而短暂，因为这群巨蜘蛛仅仅片刻间便吸干了受害者的体液。
• I glanced at the empty water bowl. My memory flashed back to the five skunks that last week had torn the burlap from a leaking pipe in a frenzied effort to reach water during the final agonies of rabies.
  我瞟了一眼空空的盛水的碗，我立刻想起了上周在从一个漏管子中咬破粗麻布挣扎着要到达水边的经历着最后痛苦的患狂犬病的五只臭鼬。
• He has passed through unutterable agonies.
  他已经历了有口难言的烦恼。
• Is a good slogan, but, in reality, after the agonies over Lisbon there aren't likely to be any similar treaties for at least a decade.
  是一个好口号，然而现实是，里斯本条约本是个纠结的过程，在那之后，至少十年内不会再有类似的条约出现了。