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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Each harrowing ordeal will become an adventure.
  每一个痛苦的经历都会成为一次冒险。
• During a recent interview in his West Village townhouse, Mr. Chou recounted many harrowing war stories.
  最近周在西村的家中接受了访谈，详细回忆了很多悲惨的战争故事。
• 'Rid Of Me' is harrowing, uneasy listening
  《弃我而去》这首歌非常伤感，听起来很晦涩。
• 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。
• The film accompanies the men on their harrowing [ 3] search, as they increasingly question their mission.
  影片一直围绕着这队人悲惨的搜寻过程，他们对任务越来越怀疑。
• 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。
• 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。