agonize

UK:  ['æɡənaɪz]

US:  ['æɡə.naɪz]

过去分词：agonized  现在分词：agonizing  第三人称单数：agonizes  

v.

1.苦闷;挣扎

2.使烦恼,使苦恼

3.呻吟;使…烦恼;忍受苦痛

4.感到极度痛苦

1 . This means that a message writer might not have to agonize over every word, as is often expected with traditional love letters.
这意味着作者用不着锤炼每一个词，而这在传统情书的书写中是必须的。

2 . Do not agonize about falling asleep. The stress will only prevent sleep.
不要为睡不着觉而烦恼，这种压力只会让你更难入睡。

3 . Ultimately, organizations don't want project teams to agonize over what programming language to use or what logging API to follow.
最后，组织不希望项目组受到该使用什么编程语言或者什么日志API的困扰。

4 . Men are much more likely to agonize over how to get a woman than how to keep her.
男人更可能因怎样泡妞而烦恼，而不是怎样与女人相处。

5 . We agonize over the decision, but sometimes agonizing does not help. Sometimes we must simply choose.
我们为做决定苦苦思索，但有时这样的权衡毫无帮助，而只能凭直觉去选择。