词汇精选：anguish的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
悲痛，痛苦，苦恼，剧痛 [U]
例句：
I was in anguish until I knew she was still alive.
我以前不知道她还活着，所以一直万分痛苦。.
例句：
A cry of anguish burst from her lips.
她突然痛苦地大叫了一声。
v.
（使）极痛苦，极苦恼 [I,T]
例句：
Her heart anguished within her.
她的心中非常痛苦。
例句：
The loss of her husband anguished her deeply.
丧夫使她极为悲痛。
二、词义辨析：
agony,anguish,torment,torture,grief,misery,distress,sorrow
这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
三、参考例句：
She vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears.
她用辛酸的泪水来发泄内心的痛苦。
A cry of anguish burst from her lips.
她突然痛苦地大叫了一声。
Nothing can take away the anguish of losing a child.
什么都不能解除失去孩子的巨大悲痛。
But worse than his comrade's pain was the dumb anguish in her face.
但比他的伙伴的痛苦更令人难受的却是她脸上那种默默的悲伤。
I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement.
我祈祷我们的上帝能缓和你们丧失亲人的痛苦。
I was in anguish until I knew she was still alive.
我以前不知道她还活着，所以一直万分痛苦。.
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish,but battle on.
我们不能被痛苦所吞噬，而要与之一战。
Once again, the President concealed anguish under a mask of courtesy and composure.
总统又一次用礼貌和镇定掩盖着痛苦。
The news story told of the mother's anguish at the death of her daughter.
The couple's mental anguish constituted the unbearable suffering needed to legally justify euthanasia.
理由是两位老人的心理痛苦已到了无法承受的地步必须进行安乐死。
