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Heartbreaking describes a thing that makes you feel extremely sad or disappointed. The news, the photograph, the ending, the last minute of the match — those can be heartbreaking.
Heartbreaking Heartbreaking這個字 describes a thing that makes you feel extremely sad or disappointed形容一件會讓你覺得極度傷心或失望的事。The news, the photograph, the ending, the last minute of the match新聞、照片、結局、比賽最後一分鐘 — those can be heartbreaking這些都可能是heartbreaking的
The word sits on what causes the pain, not on the person who feels it. You are not heartbreaking; you are .
The word sits on what causes the pain這個字說的是造成傷痛的那個東西 not on the person who feels it而不是感受到傷痛的那個人。You are not heartbreaking你不會是heartbreaking; you are heartbroken你是heartbroken
It is a strong adjective. People use it for real grief — a child lost, a friendship ruined, a hope that dies in front of you — and, more loosely, for sad films or a shop that closes.
It is a strong adjective這是個語氣很強的形容詞。People use it for real grief大家會用它來講真正的悲痛 — a child lost, a friendship ruined, a hope that dies in front of you像失去孩子、友情破裂、眼睜睜看著希望破滅 — and, more loosely而比較鬆散地 for sad films or a shop that closes也會用來講傷心的電影，或一家倒閉的店
Though actually, everyday talk stretches it: It's heartbreaking that they cancelled the trip may only mean I am really sorry, not that someone is destroyed. Even then, it is more than sad.
Though actually不過其實 everyday talk stretches it日常口語會延伸這個字: It's heartbreaking that they cancelled the trip「他們取消了這趟旅行，真是heartbreaking」 may only mean I am really sorry可能只是說「我真的很遺憾」 not that someone is destroyed而不是說有人被擊垮了。Even then即使如此 it is more than sad這個字還是比單純的傷心更強烈
You will also hear heartbreaking as a noun in older or more literary English for the act or fact of breaking a heart, but the adjective is the one will meet again and again. The adverb is heartbreakingly.
You will also hear heartbreaking as a noun你也會聽到heartbreaking當名詞用 in older or more literary English在比較老式或文學性的英文裡 for the act or fact of breaking a heart指「傷了某人的心」這件事 but the adjective is the one learners will meet again and again但學習者會一再遇到的還是形容詞用法。The adverb is heartbreakingly副詞則是heartbreakingly
組成heart + breaking, from the same pieces as heartbreak.
同家族的字
- heartbreakthe noun this adjective belongs with
- heartbrokenhow the person feels; not a synonym of heartbreaking
- heartbreakinglythe adverb: heartbreaking + -ly
原始詞典資料2 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。
heartbreakingadj
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That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- Near-synonyms: heartrending, heartwrenching
- Things went well with the clearing on Friday, but by Saturday, February 3, a 70 m.p.h. blizzard set in, and against such heartbreaking conditions, although an effort was made with the plough to keep open the sections cleared on the previous day, ground was gradually lost, [...].
heartbreakingnoun
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The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
- One could argue that Eliot's "great heartbreakings" were the overt physical signs of the inner psychological transformations achieved through brainwashing, cultural attack, and epidemic mortality.
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。