Definition of agony in English:

agony

nounPlural agonies ˈaɡəniˈæɡəni

mass noun

1Extreme physical or mental suffering.
苦恼；剧痛
he crashed to the ground in agony
他痛苦地跌倒在地。
Example sentencesExamples
- One reason is that we are probably wrong to imagine that they have been suffering agonies of guilt all these years.
- As families are forced to empty out the contents of their cluttered home onto the back lawn, we'll see the trauma and agonies as they decide what stays and what goes.
- For years, he has suffered the nightmares and the agonies that, by all rights, should be ours too.
- What sort of world is this that predisposes roughly 20 percent of human beings to suffer mental agonies?
- You won't find many personal accounts of the agonies of backache or ingrowing toenails.
- One notion that haunts this Danish film is how in the blink of an eye a personal heaven can turn into a hell whose agonies reverberate traumatically through other lives.
- Authors and publishers hurt by lost revenue, agonies of tribulation
- The hospital is filthy, without drugs, and women who used to be nurses sit in the corner doing embroidery while patients suffer agonies without pain relief.
- You tend to imagine the worst, suffer agonies of mind today.
- At least the physical agonies that students undergo will be restricted or minimised.
- It cannot be right that we should force people to suffer endless, needless agonies, knowing they will not get better.
- And next month the agonies begin all over again.
- Dapper of dress and genial of manner, Corbett seems the antithesis of the tortured comic suffering endless agonies for his art.
- Very many others suffered those same physical agonies.
- The problem was the poor woman then had to cope with a set of false teeth for the rest of her life with all the attendant agonies of wondering whether you can bite into an apple without leaving your teeth embedded into it.
- We start out thinking of these afflictions as separate agonies.
- You can suffer agonies of rejection when you sign off with ‘Love’, only to receive ‘Best wishes’ in return.
- And therein lies a clue that perhaps this superman can in fact be tripped up by an opponent who fights through the pain to inflict agonies of his own.
- Mr Handley, like so many of his fellow farmers up and down the land, must have been suffering agonies of worry as the weeks grind on and foot and mouth continues to ravage the land.
- Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies.
Synonyms
pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, affliction, trauma
misery, distress, grief, woe, wretchedness, heartbreak, heartache
pangs, throes
rare excruciation
1. 1.1 The final stages of a difficult or painful death.
  临死的痛苦
  his last agony
  他临终前的痛苦。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Jesus approached death he suffered agonies of mind and spirit that plunged him into uncharted depths.
  Diaries kept by two of them recorded the indescribable agonies they had suffered as their lives ebbed slowly away.
  One can hardly feel the intensity of the agony that he is supposed to have endured in his final hours on earth.
  Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death.
  We want to ensure they have a dignified death and do not die in agony.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn 'contest'. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th century.

Agony referred originally only to mental anguish. It came into English via late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’ (the base, too, of agonize (late 16th century)). The Greek sense development moved from struggle for victory in the games, to any struggle, to mental struggle specifically (such as the torment of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane). The extension in English to an idea of ‘physical’ suffering dates from the early 17th century. Greek agōn is also the source of the dramatic protagonist (late 17th century) from Greek proto- ‘first’ and a agōnistes ‘actor, contestant’ and at the root of antagonist (late 16th century) from anti- ‘against’ and agōnízesthai ‘struggle’.

Definition of agony in US English:

agony

nounˈaɡənēˈæɡəni

1Extreme physical or mental suffering.
苦恼；剧痛
he crashed to the ground in agony
他痛苦地跌倒在地。
Example sentencesExamples
- The problem was the poor woman then had to cope with a set of false teeth for the rest of her life with all the attendant agonies of wondering whether you can bite into an apple without leaving your teeth embedded into it.
- Authors and publishers hurt by lost revenue, agonies of tribulation
- Dapper of dress and genial of manner, Corbett seems the antithesis of the tortured comic suffering endless agonies for his art.
- We start out thinking of these afflictions as separate agonies.
- Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies.
- One notion that haunts this Danish film is how in the blink of an eye a personal heaven can turn into a hell whose agonies reverberate traumatically through other lives.
- What sort of world is this that predisposes roughly 20 percent of human beings to suffer mental agonies?
- You won't find many personal accounts of the agonies of backache or ingrowing toenails.
- And therein lies a clue that perhaps this superman can in fact be tripped up by an opponent who fights through the pain to inflict agonies of his own.
- As families are forced to empty out the contents of their cluttered home onto the back lawn, we'll see the trauma and agonies as they decide what stays and what goes.
- At least the physical agonies that students undergo will be restricted or minimised.
- You tend to imagine the worst, suffer agonies of mind today.
- One reason is that we are probably wrong to imagine that they have been suffering agonies of guilt all these years.
- You can suffer agonies of rejection when you sign off with ‘Love’, only to receive ‘Best wishes’ in return.
- For years, he has suffered the nightmares and the agonies that, by all rights, should be ours too.
- Very many others suffered those same physical agonies.
- Mr Handley, like so many of his fellow farmers up and down the land, must have been suffering agonies of worry as the weeks grind on and foot and mouth continues to ravage the land.
- The hospital is filthy, without drugs, and women who used to be nurses sit in the corner doing embroidery while patients suffer agonies without pain relief.
- And next month the agonies begin all over again.
- It cannot be right that we should force people to suffer endless, needless agonies, knowing they will not get better.
Synonyms
pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, affliction, trauma
1. 1.1 The final stages of a difficult or painful death.
  临死的痛苦
  his last agony
  他临终前的痛苦。
  the death agony
  临死的痛苦。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Jesus approached death he suffered agonies of mind and spirit that plunged him into uncharted depths.
  Diaries kept by two of them recorded the indescribable agonies they had suffered as their lives ebbed slowly away.
  We want to ensure they have a dignified death and do not die in agony.
  One can hardly feel the intensity of the agony that he is supposed to have endured in his final hours on earth.
  Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th century.

单词	agony
释义	Definition of agony in English: agony nounPlural agonies ˈaɡəniˈæɡəni mass noun 1Extreme physical or mental suffering. 苦恼；剧痛 he crashed to the ground in agony 他痛苦地跌倒在地。 Example sentencesExamples One reason is that we are probably wrong to imagine that they have been suffering agonies of guilt all these years. As families are forced to empty out the contents of their cluttered home onto the back lawn, we'll see the trauma and agonies as they decide what stays and what goes. For years, he has suffered the nightmares and the agonies that, by all rights, should be ours too. What sort of world is this that predisposes roughly 20 percent of human beings to suffer mental agonies? You won't find many personal accounts of the agonies of backache or ingrowing toenails. One notion that haunts this Danish film is how in the blink of an eye a personal heaven can turn into a hell whose agonies reverberate traumatically through other lives. Authors and publishers hurt by lost revenue, agonies of tribulation The hospital is filthy, without drugs, and women who used to be nurses sit in the corner doing embroidery while patients suffer agonies without pain relief. You tend to imagine the worst, suffer agonies of mind today. At least the physical agonies that students undergo will be restricted or minimised. It cannot be right that we should force people to suffer endless, needless agonies, knowing they will not get better. And next month the agonies begin all over again. Dapper of dress and genial of manner, Corbett seems the antithesis of the tortured comic suffering endless agonies for his art. Very many others suffered those same physical agonies. The problem was the poor woman then had to cope with a set of false teeth for the rest of her life with all the attendant agonies of wondering whether you can bite into an apple without leaving your teeth embedded into it. We start out thinking of these afflictions as separate agonies. You can suffer agonies of rejection when you sign off with ‘Love’, only to receive ‘Best wishes’ in return. And therein lies a clue that perhaps this superman can in fact be tripped up by an opponent who fights through the pain to inflict agonies of his own. Mr Handley, like so many of his fellow farmers up and down the land, must have been suffering agonies of worry as the weeks grind on and foot and mouth continues to ravage the land. Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies. Synonyms pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, affliction, trauma misery, distress, grief, woe, wretchedness, heartbreak, heartache pangs, throes rare excruciation 1.1 The final stages of a difficult or painful death. 临死的痛苦 his last agony 他临终前的痛苦。 Example sentencesExamples As Jesus approached death he suffered agonies of mind and spirit that plunged him into uncharted depths. Diaries kept by two of them recorded the indescribable agonies they had suffered as their lives ebbed slowly away. One can hardly feel the intensity of the agony that he is supposed to have endured in his final hours on earth. Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death. We want to ensure they have a dignified death and do not die in agony. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn 'contest'. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th century. Agony referred originally only to mental anguish. It came into English via late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’ (the base, too, of agonize (late 16th century)). The Greek sense development moved from struggle for victory in the games, to any struggle, to mental struggle specifically (such as the torment of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane). The extension in English to an idea of ‘physical’ suffering dates from the early 17th century. Greek agōn is also the source of the dramatic protagonist (late 17th century) from Greek proto- ‘first’ and a agōnistes ‘actor, contestant’ and at the root of antagonist (late 16th century) from anti- ‘against’ and agōnízesthai ‘struggle’. Definition of agony in US English: agony nounˈaɡənēˈæɡəni 1Extreme physical or mental suffering. 苦恼；剧痛 he crashed to the ground in agony 他痛苦地跌倒在地。 Example sentencesExamples The problem was the poor woman then had to cope with a set of false teeth for the rest of her life with all the attendant agonies of wondering whether you can bite into an apple without leaving your teeth embedded into it. Authors and publishers hurt by lost revenue, agonies of tribulation Dapper of dress and genial of manner, Corbett seems the antithesis of the tortured comic suffering endless agonies for his art. We start out thinking of these afflictions as separate agonies. Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies. One notion that haunts this Danish film is how in the blink of an eye a personal heaven can turn into a hell whose agonies reverberate traumatically through other lives. What sort of world is this that predisposes roughly 20 percent of human beings to suffer mental agonies? You won't find many personal accounts of the agonies of backache or ingrowing toenails. And therein lies a clue that perhaps this superman can in fact be tripped up by an opponent who fights through the pain to inflict agonies of his own. As families are forced to empty out the contents of their cluttered home onto the back lawn, we'll see the trauma and agonies as they decide what stays and what goes. At least the physical agonies that students undergo will be restricted or minimised. You tend to imagine the worst, suffer agonies of mind today. One reason is that we are probably wrong to imagine that they have been suffering agonies of guilt all these years. You can suffer agonies of rejection when you sign off with ‘Love’, only to receive ‘Best wishes’ in return. For years, he has suffered the nightmares and the agonies that, by all rights, should be ours too. Very many others suffered those same physical agonies. Mr Handley, like so many of his fellow farmers up and down the land, must have been suffering agonies of worry as the weeks grind on and foot and mouth continues to ravage the land. The hospital is filthy, without drugs, and women who used to be nurses sit in the corner doing embroidery while patients suffer agonies without pain relief. And next month the agonies begin all over again. It cannot be right that we should force people to suffer endless, needless agonies, knowing they will not get better. Synonyms pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, affliction, trauma 1.1 The final stages of a difficult or painful death. 临死的痛苦 his last agony 他临终前的痛苦。 the death agony 临死的痛苦。 Example sentencesExamples As Jesus approached death he suffered agonies of mind and spirit that plunged him into uncharted depths. Diaries kept by two of them recorded the indescribable agonies they had suffered as their lives ebbed slowly away. We want to ensure they have a dignified death and do not die in agony. One can hardly feel the intensity of the agony that he is supposed to have endured in his final hours on earth. Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn ‘contest’. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th century.
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