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

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。

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。

“ -ize” ⌜ 使...化 - to make or become ~ ⌟

单词造句:

现在分词agonizing/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/adj.令人痛苦的，令人伤脑筋的

过去分词agonized/ˈæɡənaɪzd/adj. 感到极度痛苦的，苦闷的

源自agony/ˈæɡəni/n. 极大的痛苦；苦恼；临死的挣扎

近义词agonise/ˈæɡənaɪz/v.烦恼,挣扎

词组	含义	例句
agonize about	为某事伤脑筋、为…而烦恼，苦恼：对某事物或决定感到痛苦和焦虑，难以做出决定。	Parents also agonise about what they should do with their surplus frozen embryos. ^{此外父母们还为自己应该如何处理自己多余的冷冻晶胚而烦恼。}
agonize over	为……烦恼不已：对某事物或决定感到非常烦恼和不安。	No wonder parents agonise over what names to give their babies. ^{怪不得父母们为给宝宝们取什么名字而苦苦思索。}