agonize

verb

/ˈæɡənaɪz/

(British English also agonise)

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they agonize	/ˈæɡənaɪz/ /ˈæɡənaɪz/
he / she / it agonizes	/ˈæɡənaɪzɪz/ /ˈæɡənaɪzɪz/
past simple agonized	/ˈæɡənaɪzd/ /ˈæɡənaɪzd/
past participle agonized	/ˈæɡənaɪzd/ /ˈæɡənaɪzd/
-ing form agonizing	/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/

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agonize (over/about something) to spend a long time thinking and worrying about a difficult situation or problem苦苦思索；焦虑不已
- I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not.我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.