heartbreaking
heartbreaking — 形容詞
- heartbreakingpositive
- more heartbreakingcomparative
- most heartbreakingsuperlative
1. so sad that it makes you feel deep emotional pain — like when you lose something
令人心碎
讓人感到極度悲傷的
so sad that it makes you feel deep emotional pain — like when you lose something precious or watch someone you care about suffer
The documentary showed the heartbreaking reality of families living in poverty.
這部紀錄片呈現了貧困家庭令人心碎的現實處境。
attributive before noun: heartbreaking + reality
Aiko found it heartbreaking to watch her childhood home being torn down.
Aiko 看著從小長大的家被拆除，覺得這一切令人心碎。
find it + heartbreaking + to-infinitive
The news of the orphanage closing was heartbreaking for the whole community.
孤兒院即將關閉的消息，讓整個社區都感到心碎。
The refugee crisis remains one of the most heartbreaking stories of our time.
難民危機是我們這個時代最令人心碎的故事之一。
superlative: one of the most heartbreaking + noun
For Leila, saying goodbye to her childhood friend was the most heartbreaking moment of her life.
Leila 說與兒時朋友道別，是她這輩子最令人心碎的時刻。
- heartbreaking loss
- heartbreaking news
- heartbreaking story
- heartbreaking scene
- heartbreaking decision
- heartbreaking condition
- heart-wrenching
more visceral and immediate; often used for a single gut-wrenching moment rather than an ongoing situation
- devastating
stronger, implying that the sadness is so deep it feels destructive to one's emotional state
- sad
much milder in intensity; a general word for unhappiness, not specific to deep emotional pain
- heartwarming
causes a feeling of warmth and happiness, the emotional opposite of heartbreaking
- uplifting
raises one's spirits and creates hope, whereas heartbreaking creates sorrow
文法句型
heartbreaking + noun
be + heartbreaking
find it + heartbreaking + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Commonly used both before a noun (a heartbreaking story) and after linking verbs (the decision was heartbreaking). The pattern with find it + adjective + to-infinitive is especially frequent in spoken English.
常見錯誤
同根字
- heartbreak名詞B2
- heartbroken形容詞B2
- heartbreakingly副詞C1