| 词汇 | heartrending |
| 释义 | heartrending adjective uk /ˈhɑːtˌren.dɪŋ/ us /ˈhɑːrtˌren.dɪŋ/ causing great sympathy or sadness: 令人同情的，令人悲伤的 a heartrending story令人心酸的故事 See also heartbreaking Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrendingly pitifully pitifulness pity pityingly poor relate sensitivity sympathetic sympathize sympathy your heart achesidiom your heart goes out to someoneidiom heartrending | American Dictionaryheartrending adjective us/ˈhɑrtˌren·dɪŋ/ making you feel great sympathy or sadness: The pictures of starving children on television were heartrending. Examples of heartrendingheartrending Nevertheless, it is best to minimize the need for heartrending decisions through responsible planning and management of market forces. My words convey the sadness they felt when they had to go that heartrending period of their lives. It was heartrending to drive away on the next leg of the tour. Letters appear in the papers daily with angry protests from parents or heartrending appeals from pupils to be allowed free choice in the matter of medium of instruction. These cases of necessity are not only numerous, but also heartrending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are really heartrending cases in that category. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In support of that argument he gave us a heartrending account of the purposes to which the trade union movement's provident funds were put. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have all had heartrending letters from constituents about this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For those who have argued for all these extensions, it is a heartrending one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I began to get heartrending letters from people who, by definition, were sick, and many of them elderly, and who had appointments at out-patient departments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is heartrending that this should be so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw many examples of true devotion and service given by one spouse to the other, often in the most heartrending circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many women came here today to tell us their stories, which were heartrending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had hundreds of letters, and among them are some which are really heartrending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a medical report leads to a terrible heartrending experience for those trying to sort out the problem and for the family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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