Agony column
私事广告栏
📖 牛津释义
agony column
(Brit infml or joc 口或谑)
1 = personal column (personal).
2 part of a newspaper or magazine for letters from readers writing for advice about personal problems （报刊中关於个人疑难问题徵询意见的）读者来信专栏.
🧩 词语组成解析
column
['kɑləm]
n. 纵队，列;圆柱;专栏;
🗣️ 情景例句
if you don't mind listening.
假如你不介意听的话。
Don't be afraid.
不用担心！
but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders -- as if mere age were a reason for respect.
但我不会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护，似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。