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
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.- You've had a harrowing time this past month.
过去的这个月你过得太痛苦了。 - ...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
- You've had a harrowing time this past month.
英英释义
adj
- extremely painful
双语例句
- Each harrowing ordeal will become an adventure.
每一个痛苦的经历都会成为一次冒险。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Or a condition specific to people who were traumatized as children or survived some harrowing event.
或者只限于在童年受过创伤、经历了某个惨痛事件生还后人们才有的症状。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。