agonising

基本解释

In recent days, however, Mr Armstrong has been agonising over how to present his views on space flight.
然而最近阿姆斯特朗却在为如何表达自己关于太空飞行的意见而烦恼。
They deal daily with agonising ethical problems, such as whether to keep their husband/wife/mother/father safe, or to allow them freedom – can Dad still go fishing?
他们每天要应对烦恼的道德问题，像是否维护他们的丈夫/妻子/母亲/父亲的安全，或是允许他们自由，爸爸还能不能去钓鱼？
After months of agonising, he is apparently close to announcing that he will after all send a decent number of American reinforcements to Afghanistan (see article).
在烦恼了几个月后，他终于要宣布美国将向阿富汗派驻相当数目的援军。

The Bank of England's monetary-policy committee has been agonising for months over whether to raise them.
ECONOMIST: House prices
Every step towards the impeachment inquiry was accompanied by agonising over how the public would take it.
ECONOMIST: Oh lucky man