1. 令人痛苦的；折磨人的 Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
e.g. He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother... 他不想像母親和兄弟那樣痛苦地死去。 e.g. In the heat of Rome, the wait was agonizing. 在羅馬的高溫下，等待是一種折磨。
agonizingly Progress was agonizingly slow. 進(jìn)展的緩慢讓人備受煎熬。
2. （決定或選擇）令人痛苦的 Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make.
e.g. He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future. 他這時(shí)候面臨著(zhù)一個(gè)關(guān)系到他不久的將來(lái)的痛苦抉擇。