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

• Last night's news contained some harrowing famine reports.
  昨晚的新闻中有一些令人痛苦的饥荒的报道。
• 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。
• As I sat down, however, Riley recounted a harrowing tale.
  可当我坐下的时候Riley却讲起了一个令人心烦的故事。
• The film is deeply harrowing.
  这部电影使人看了很伤心。
• You've had a harrowing time this past month.
  过去的这个月你过得太痛苦了。
• A harrowing competition is underway in England, with billions of dollars and hundreds of lives at stake.
  现在英国正在举行一场令人痛苦的比赛，数十亿美元的财产和上百条生命都因此而受到威胁。
• 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。
• We had a pretty harrowing trip here.
  我们在这儿经历了一次痛苦的旅行。
• 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。
• 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。