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　

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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

• My first few days were harrowing to say the least.
  我的头几天是痛苦的，至少可以说。
• 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。
• 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’。
• And it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.
  对这个一周大的小狗来说，这是一个悲惨的经历。
• During a recent interview in his West Village townhouse, Mr. Chou recounted many harrowing war stories.
  最近周在西村的家中接受了访谈，详细回忆了很多悲惨的战争故事。
• The excruciating pain and harrowing guilt seared into your time holograms from that era will be shifted, but you must in micro and macro make it so.
  从那时代所烙印到时间全息图中难以忍受的痛苦和罪疚将被移除，但你必须在微观和宏观上让它成为那样。
• 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。
• My fears, though, have only been further confirmed by a harrowing series in the New York Times called'Driven to Distraction'about the dangers of using cellphones and of texting while driving.
  《纽约时报》（NewYorkTimes）刊登了一个悲惨的系列报导，名为“开车怎能不分心”，内容是关于开车时打手机或发短信的危险。这个报导进一步强化了我的担忧情绪。
• Each harrowing ordeal will become an adventure.
  每一个痛苦的经历都会成为一次冒险。
• The film is deeply harrowing.
  这部电影使人看了很伤心。