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

• Harrowing photographs of skeletal children in the desert.
  显示沙漠地区骨瘦如柴儿童的令人痛心的照片。
• 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。
• 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’。
• 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。
• Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
  昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。
• 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。
• Each harrowing ordeal will become an adventure.
  每一个痛苦的经历都会成为一次冒险。
• 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。
• 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。
• We had a pretty harrowing trip here.
  我们在这儿经历了一次痛苦的旅行。