agonize
agonise, v [I, Ipr]
~ (about/over sth) suffer great anxiety or worry intensely (about sth) (对某事物)极度忧虑或担心
We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy. 对买哪种壁纸, 我们伤了几小时的脑筋.
🗣️ 情景例句
I thought you were proud of the work I do.
我还以为你为我所做的工作感到骄傲。
Quite so.
的确是这样。
Later, an operation helped her to get back part of her sight, but she remained at the institution for six years more.