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

• Hers is a heart-rending story.
  她的遭遇听了令人心酸。
• The loss of such an iconic elephant is the most visible and heart-rending tip of this iceberg, this tragedy that is unfolding across the continent, added Frank Pope of Save The Elephants in Nairobi.
  在内罗毕拯救大象活动的弗兰克·波普（FrankPope）补充道：这一标志性大象的死亡，只是这冰山上最明显最令人心碎的一角。这样的悲剧正席卷全大陆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We learn that slashing stores and staff was heart-rending. We discover good communications are vital: Schultz is torn to pieces when his carefully worded memo is leaked.
  我们了解到，削减店面和员工让人伤怀，也了解到好的公关策略至关重要：那份措辞谨慎的备忘录外泄时，舒尔茨被撕成了碎片。
• The cries of those imprisoned in the fallen buildings were heart-rending.
  被困于倒塌大楼里的人们的哭喊声令人心碎。
• It was, in truth, a heart-rending spectacle.
  这的确是令人痛心的场面。
• Make him wonder and be heart-rending.
  让他好奇，让他心慌。