agony
英 ['ægənɪ]
美 ['æɡəni]
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1、agon- + -y.
2、本身的直接含義：痛苦的掙紮，(劇烈的)爭奪，(激烈的)競爭。
3、由於競爭、爭奪的殘酷性和激烈性，進而導致身心的煎熬與痛苦，由此進而引申為：(精神上或肉體上極度的)痛苦；極度悲痛，臨死的痛苦；垂死的掙紮。
4. 諧音“愛過你”，愛過你，卻被你傷得很深，所以很痛苦。
5. 和 ecstasy 一起記，電影《The Agony and the Ecstasy》（即：《痛苦與狂喜》，又被翻譯為《萬世千秋》）描述了米開朗基羅(Michelangelo)畫梵地岡西斯廷教堂屋頂壁畫的經曆。
中文詞源
agony 痛苦來自詞根ag, 做。此處指比賽, 比賽中的精神壓力，痛苦，折磨。
英文詞源
- agony
- agony: [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo- European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón, originally literally ‘a bringing of people together to compete for a prize’, hence ‘contest, conflict’ (which has been borrowed directly into English as agon, a technical term for the conflict between the main characters in a work of literature).
Derived from agón was agōníā ‘(mental) struggle, anguish’, which passed into English via either late Latin agōnia or French agonie. The sense of physical suffering did not develop until the 17th century; hitherto, agony had been reserved for mental stress. The first mention of an agony column comes in the magazine Fun in 1863.
=> antagonist - agony (n.)
- late 14c., "mental suffering" (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from Old French agonie, agoine "anguish, terror, death agony" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. The Aussie was in agony with a broken finger.
- 這個澳大利亞人承受著斷指之痛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.
- 他笨拙地摔倒了，痛苦地抱住右膝倒在地上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.
- 他繞著運動場跌跌撞撞地走著，並且痛苦地大叫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His face screwed up in agony.
- 他的臉痛苦地扭曲著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was writhing in agony.
- 他痛苦地翻滾著。
來自柯林斯例句