heartache
/ˈhɑːteɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːrteɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhärt-ˌāk/ (ame, mw)
heartache — 名詞
- heartachesingular
- heartachesplural
1. a deep emotional pain — the kind a person carries when love is lost, a relations
心痛；悲傷
因失去親人或感情破裂所引起的深沉心理痛苦
a deep emotional pain — the kind a person carries when love is lost, a relationship ends, or someone close has died or gone away.
After the divorce, Chidi spoke openly about the heartache of starting life alone at fifty.
離婚後，Chidi 坦然談起五十歲時獨自展開人生的那種心痛。
the heartache of + noun phrase
Years of heartache showed in the lines around Maja's eyes whenever the family talked about her late son.
每當家人提起 Maja 已逝的兒子，她眼角的皺紋便顯露出多年來的悲傷。
years of heartache (long-lasting grief)
The novel describes the quiet heartache of parents whose children move to the other side of the world.
這本小說描寫了孩子搬到地球另一端的父母內心那份沉靜的心痛。
Felix caused his grandmother great heartache when he stopped visiting after the argument at Christmas.
Felix 在聖誕節爭吵後就不再去探望祖母，這讓她非常心痛。
There is real heartache in Ritu's voice when she sings the old wedding songs from her village.
當 Ritu 唱起家鄉的古老婚禮歌曲時，她的聲音裡帶著真切的悲傷。
- grief
stronger and more specifically tied to death or major loss
- sorrow
more literary; broader emotional sadness
- anguish
sharper, more intense suffering — often shorter-lived
- heartbreak
near-synonym; more often used about romantic loss specifically
- joy
general opposite emotion
- contentment
the calm satisfaction that heartache disrupts
文法句型
heartache of + noun
cause + heartache
用法筆記
Distinct from physical 'heart pain' (medical) — heartache is always emotional. Often paired with loss, separation, or long-standing sorrow rather than brief upset; for short-term frustration, use 'disappointment' or 'upset' instead.