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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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

• 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。
• 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’。
• 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。
• 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。
• The bumpy and harrowing road is the one where we try to will ourselves into greater awareness.
  如果是为了获得更强的洞察力，那么你所面对的会是条崎岖不平、充满痛苦的道路；
• And yet I couldn't believe that they would choose this occasion for a scene& especially for the rather harrowing scene that Gatsby had outlined in the garden.
  然而我却不能相信他们竟然会选这样一个场合来大闹一场尤其是盖茨比早先在花园里所提出的那种令人难堪的场面。
• We had a pretty harrowing trip here.
  我们在这儿经历了一次痛苦的旅行。
• 'Rid Of Me' is harrowing, uneasy listening
  《弃我而去》这首歌非常伤感，听起来很晦涩。
• 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。
• Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell captured the harrowing images of the victims of Haiti in 2008.
  迈阿密先驱报摄影师帕特里克·法雷尔拍摄了2008年海地人民遭受苦难的照片。