"gnaw at" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 折磨
• 糾纏（心理）

Definition

反覆困擾某人，通常指一個讓人難以忘懷的問題或回憶不斷浮現在腦海中。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語用法，常用來形容心理上的煩惱、內疚或後悔，而不是描述實體事物。常和“想法”、“疑慮”等字一起用，表達難以釋懷。

Examples

The idea of failing began to gnaw at him every night.

失敗的想法每晚都開始**折磨**他。

The memory of that mistake still gnaws at me.

那個錯誤的記憶仍然**折磨著**我。

Guilt can gnaw at a person for years.

內疚感可以**折磨**一個人多年。

That question kept gnawing at me until I finally found the answer.

那個問題一直**糾纏著我**，直到我終於找到答案。

The thought of what I said really gnaws at me sometimes.

有時候我說過的話真的**讓我內疚不安**。

You can try to forget, but some regrets just gnaw at you forever.

你可以試著忘記，但有些遺憾就是會**一直折磨**你。