The baccalauréat exam season approaches, and with it ritual agonising over the standard of French spelling.

法国高考日益临近，随之而来的是学生的法语拼写水平令人忧心忡忡。

As a result, their choices are agonising.

结果是，他们必须做出艰难选择。

To her subsequent and agonising distress, Carrie was out.

嘉莉出去了，为此她事后感到十分悲伤。

It was agonising but in a football sense it had to be done.

那是很难过的经历，但是在足球世界里这些无法避免。

It was a slow and agonising process but one that had to be done.

这是一次缓慢和令人烦恼的过程，但却又是必须要做的事情。