heart-rending

英 [ˈhɑːt rendɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɑːrt rendɪŋ]

adj.  令人悲痛的

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人悲痛的
  causing feelings of great sadness
  1. a heart-rending story
     令人心痛的故事

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人悲痛的;令人心碎的
  You useheart-rendingto describe something that causes you to feel great sadness and pity.
  1. ...heart-rending pictures of refugees...
     令人心碎的难民照片
  2. I heard the most heartrending screams and moans.
     我听到了最让人揪心的尖叫和呻吟。

双语例句

• It was, in truth, a heart-rending spectacle.
  这的确是令人痛心的场面。
• Heart-rending screams could now and then be heard from the enemy prison in the distance.
  从远处敌人的牢房里不时传来惨不忍闻的尖叫声。
• He knew fantine's history in all its heart-rending details.
  他知道了芳汀身世中一切痛心的细情。
• Make him wonder and be heart-rending.
  让他好奇，让他心慌。
• Almost all the people know the great Palisade that reminds the peking businessmen of the heart-rending past.
  几乎所有的人都知道大栅栏这个勾起老北京买卖人心酸回忆的地方。
• This dream, like the majority of dreams, bore no relation to the situation, except by its painful and heart-rending character, but it made an impression on him.
  那梦，和大多数的梦一样，只是和一些惨痛莫名的情况有关连，但是他仍然受了感动。
• Innumerable challenges had given AOL a heart-rending rollercoaster ride all along the way.
  难以计数的挑战使AOL犹如一直处在高速过山车中那般令人胆战心惊。
• Butterfly hugs him hysterically, then bids him a heart-rending farewell.
  蝴蝶发狂似地紧抱着他，悲痛欲绝地与他诀别。
• To be received in your frozen manner is heart-rending.
  受到你那冷若冰霜的接待，我的心都裂开来了。
• Some of the finest and most heart-rending passages are in the form of questions.
  某些最精采，最撕裂肝肠的段落，用的都是问话形式。