heart-wrenching
adjective (also heartwrenching) uk/ˈhɑːtˌrentʃ.ɪŋ/ us/ˈhɑːrtˌrentʃ.ɪŋ/
令人心痛的
causing great sadness or sympathy
These are heart-wrenching decisions. 这些都是令人心痛的决定。
Having to spend so much time away from home is heart-wrenching. 不得不离家这么久，真是让人心疼。
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- There are so many people who have colleagues working there and feel their pain. It's just heart-wrenching for everyone.
- The documentary shares the final heart-wrenching letters from soldiers who died while serving far from home.
- In the book's heart-wrenching climax, T. J. learns that to be a man, he has to forgive.
- The board often hears heart-wrenching appeals from dying patients or their families.
- One of the most heartwrenching parts of his job is reading requests for information about dead loved ones, especially from children who never knew their fathers.
- It's heartwrenching when a young person dies.