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Agony is extreme pain or suffering - so strong it can make a person cry out or feel like they can't bear it. It can be physical, like the agony of a broken bone, or emotional, like the agony of waiting for exam results, or watching someone you love suffer. It's a strong, dramatic word - don't use it for small, everyday discomfort, save it for real, intense suffering.
極度的痛苦
組成It comes from Greek 'agon', which originally meant a contest or struggle - the idea of a painful, intense fight or effort.
同家族的字
- agonizeto agonize over something means to suffer with worry or indecision about it - shares the Greek root 'agon' (struggle)
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
agonynoun/ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
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Extreme pain or anguish.
- When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.
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biblicallifestylereligionThe sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
- And being in an agonie, he prayed more earneſtly,[…].
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datedViolent contest or striving.
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
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datedParoxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight.
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The last struggle of life; death struggle.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。