To agonize is to turn a hard choice over and over in your mind until the thinking itself hurts. You weigh every side, you cannot decide, and you feel the struggle.

To agonize is to turn a hard choice over and over in your mindAgonize是把一個困難的抉擇在腦子裡翻來覆去想 until the thinking itself hurts想到連思考本身都痛苦。 You weigh every side你把每一面都權衡過, you cannot decide卻定不下來, and you feel the struggle還會感受到那種掙扎。

People usually agonize over or about something: a job, a medical choice, whether to tell the truth.

People usually agonize over or about something人通常會agonize over或about某件事: a job, a medical choice, whether to tell the truth工作、醫療上的抉擇，要不要說實話。

It is stronger than "think carefully"; there is pain in it.

It is stronger than這比 "think carefully""think carefully"仔細想更強烈; there is pain in it裡面帶著痛苦。

American spelling is agonize; British spelling is often agonise — same word, same sound.

American spelling is agonize美式拼法是agonize; British spelling is often agonise英式拼法通常是agonise — same word, same sound同一個字，同樣的發音。

Though actually, older writing can use it for real bodily pain, like a person in agony, but the meaning you will meet now is almost always the mental one: a long, sore indecision, not a twisted ankle.

Though actually不過其實, older writing can use it for real bodily pain比較舊的文章可能會用它指真正的身體疼痛, like a person in agony像一個人處於agony極度痛苦之中, but the meaning you will meet now is almost always the mental one但你現在會遇到的意思幾乎都是心理上的: a long, sore indecision長久、難受的猶豫不決, not a twisted ankle而不是扭傷的腳踝。