| 单词 | agonize |
| 释义 | agonize (once / 1331 pages) v When you worry excessively about something, you agonize about it. The mother of a teenage boy might agonize over his safety when he first learns to drive. Agonize can mean to suffer true pain, but it's generally a mental type of anguish. A student might agonize over what to wear the first day of school, and a boss might agonize about how to break the bad news about layoffs to her employees. The earliest meaning of agonize was "to torture," though now it means something closer to "to torture one's self." The Greek root is a grand one: agonizesthai, "to contend in the struggle." WORD FAMILYagonize: agonized, agonizes, agonizing+/agonise: agonised, agonises, agonising/agonised: agonisedly/agonising: agonisingly/agonist: agonistic, agonists/agonistic: agonistical/agonized: agonizedly/agonizing: agonizingly/agony: agonal, agonies, agonise, agonist, agonize USAGE EXAMPLESYet most of the coerced Christians refuse even this small gesture and suffer agonizing torture and death instead. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) Now they are agonizing over how to get that unwavering commitment back. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Another tune started to play as his student agonized through push-ups. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1v suffer agony or anguish Syn|Hyper agonise suffer experience (emotional) pain 2v cause to agonize Syn|Hyper agonise anguish, hurt, pain cause emotional anguish or make miserable |
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