anguish /'aeijgwiJ; 'aeqgwij/ n [U] severe suffering (esp of mind): (尤指心理上的)劇烈痛苦; 苦惱; 苦悶： She was in ~ until she knew that her husband's life had been saved. 她心里一直很痛苦，直到她知道她丈夫的生命已經(jīng)得救才放心。 ~ed adj expressing ~: 表現(xiàn)痛苦的; 顯得苦惱的： ~ed looks. 痛苦的表情。