| 单词 | agony column |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagony column agony column n. (a) a column of a newspaper that contains personal advertisements, esp. for missing relatives or friends or for new relationships; cf. personal column n. at personal adj., n., and adv. Compounds; (b) a regular newspaper or magazine feature containing readers' questions about personal difficulties, with replies from the columnist; cf. problem page n. at problem n. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > specific columns > for adverts, e.g. about missing people agony column1854 society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > specific columns > for readers' questions about problems agony column1854 advice column1864 1854 Courier 28 Mar. 50/3 In time,..it would be as much sought after, and as eagerly read, as the 'agony column' of the Times. 1881 W. Black Beautiful Wretch III. xxiii. 8 There was a clamour of contention and advice among guardians and friends; there were anonymous appeals to the runaways in agony-columns. 1928 G. H. Danton Germany Ten Years After (1971) vi. 269 The pruriency and lubricity of the advertisements probably sell the magazine to the sex-starved, of whom, judging from the ‘agony columns’ of the journals, Germany has its full quota. 1975 P. Makins Evelyn Home Story xiv. 158 The actual writing style of agony columns has changed quite noticeably over the years. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (News Review section) 6/3 The received wisdom, recounted ad nauseam in the agony columns of magazines and the annals of social research, is that divorce is cruel to children. < as lemmas |
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