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agony

/ˈæɡəni/ 標準 頻度 5746位

要点苦悶

意味

  1. (長く激しい精神的・肉体的な)苦悶(くもん),苦痛
  2. (特別な感情の)激発;突発

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英語の原文(Wiktionary)

14th century, via Old French and Latin from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s. By surface analysis, agon + -y. The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.

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