harrowing

英 [ˈhærəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈhæroʊɪŋ]

adj.  令人肠断的; 使人十分难过的; 恐怖的
v.  耙地; 折磨，使苦恼
harrow的现在分词

现在分词：harrowing　

GRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.19345 / COCA.17151

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人肠断的；使人十分难过的；恐怖的
  very shocking or frightening and making you feel very upset

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 折磨人的;烦人的;令人无比痛苦的
  Aharrowingexperience is extremely upsetting or disturbing.
  1. You've had a harrowing time this past month.
     过去的这个月你过得太痛苦了。
  2. ...harrowing pictures of the children who had been murdered.
     被杀儿童的那些令人肝肠寸断的照片

英英释义

adj

• extremely painful
  Synonym:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingtorturingtorturoustorturesome

双语例句

• Though cancer can be a harrowing ordeal, a growing body of research suggests that the disease can also change people's lives for the better.
  虽然癌症是一个是令人痛苦的经历，在收集大量的研究中，癌症的疾病也可能会使人的生活更加美好。
• Harrowing photographs of skeletal children in the desert.
  显示沙漠地区骨瘦如柴儿童的令人痛心的照片。
• The harrowing episode fortified her resolve to protest against such injustices.
  这一痛心事件坚定了她要对这类不公正现象进行抗议的决心。
• This can be a harrowing example.
  这就可以是一个另人伤心的例子。
• The most urgent and harrowing housing needs have remained much the same over the last two centuries.
  最为紧迫和苦恼的住房需要两个世纪以来几乎景况依然。
• The question took Carr back to a harrowing moment.
  这个问题让卡尔想起了一个痛心的时刻。
• Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
  昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。
• To my great harrowing, my son always called me'uncle'after my returning home for two months.
  令我十分痛心的是，在我回家的两个月内，他一直叫我‘叔叔’。
• Relief workers are hearing harrowing stories of mothers who had to abandon their weakest child on the long track to get here from Somalia.
  救援工作者听到了许多悲惨的故事，例如，母亲从索马里来这里的途中不得不遗弃最虚弱的孩子。
• Here, Rice describes the events of that harrowing day – and the tumultuous days after.
  在本书中，赖斯描述了那可怕的一天以及其后动荡的日子里所发生的事情。