agonize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ag·o·nize (also agonise British English) /ˈæɡənaɪz/ verb [intransitive] THINK ABOUTto think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort 〔作决定时〕焦虑，忧愁，苦恼agonize over/about All the way home she agonized about what she should do. 回家一路上，她都在发愁该怎么办。 —agonizing noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

agonize• I loved him at the beginning and could not hate him later - even when he was agonizing everyone.• It wouldn't do, I thought, to agonize or weep, or be embarrassing or cheap.• We have agonized over and over again about our relatively small oil business.• In one issue, Slepian agonizes over buying a $ 7,000 hot tub.• Did a college student serious about building his future at once have to agonize over his future?agonize over/about• We have agonized over and over again about our relatively small oil business.• In one issue, Slepian agonizes over buying a $ 7,000 hot tub.• Did a college student serious about building his future at once have to agonize over his future?• If a present-day Darwin were to agonize over his matrimonial fate in what ways might it differ from the example above?• Jim had been agonizing over the meeting all week.• Andrea was wearing a cheesecloth smock and agonizing over whether to eat a salt and vinegar crisp.• Once, you agonized over whether to replace the transmission in a 7-year-old car or visit a showroom.• We agonized over whether to sell the house.• In a true dilemma there probably is not much point in agonizing over which route to take.

ag·o·nize verbChineseSyllable

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agonize
ag‧o‧nize

(also agonise British English) /ˈæɡənaɪz/ verb [intransitive]
to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort
agonize over/about