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
- 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。 - To my great harrowing, my son always called me'uncle'after my returning home for two months.
令我十分痛心的是，在我回家的两个月内，他一直叫我‘叔叔’。 - 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。 - 'Rid Of Me' is harrowing, uneasy listening
《弃我而去》这首歌非常伤感，听起来很晦涩。 - 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。 - 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。 - The film is deeply harrowing.
这部电影使人看了很伤心。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。