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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Though cancer can be a harrowing ordeal, a growing body of research suggests that the disease can also change people's lives for the better.
虽然癌症是一个是令人痛苦的经历,在收集大量的研究中,癌症的疾病也可能会使人的生活更加美好。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。