excruciating
adj. 折磨人的；使苦恼的
v. 折磨；使苦恼；使受酷刑（excruciate 的 ing 形式）
例句
After seeing this, Duncan publically denounced ballet as a form of acrobatics, uh, complicated and excruciating mechanism she called it.
在看到这些之后，邓肯公开谴责芭蕾是一种杂技，她称之为复杂和折磨人的机制。
The pain in my back was excruciating.
我的背疼痛难忍。
《牛津词典》
I was in excruciating pain and one leg wouldn't move.
我处于极度痛苦之中，一条腿动弹不了了。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
