agonize

/ˈæɡənaɪz/
VCE 📚 16013 托福
If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it. 伤脑筋

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 感到极度痛苦;挣扎

Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved. 或许他正在为牵涉到的道德问题伤脑筋。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 使极度痛苦;折磨

If you're anything like me you'll agonize over what to write in the CARDS. 你可能也像我一样发愁贺卡里该写些什么。

后缀: ize 【verb】 使...化 - to make or become 原词: agonize 是通过后缀 【ize】 构成的派生词
agon(挣扎) + ize → 苦苦挣扎 → 苦苦思索
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