agony column

noun

1. （报刊中为读者个人疑难问题提供咨询的）答读者问专栏；读者来信专栏
   part of a newspaper or magazine in which sb gives advice to readers who have sent letters about their personal problems

1. （报刊上的）读者问答专栏，解忧专栏
   In a British newspaper or magazine, the agony column contains letters from readers about their personal problems, and advice on what to do about them.

in AM, use 美国英语用 advice column

1. The question to the dear Lucy agony column ( right) this week set me thinking about the overlooked function of personal assistants and their value.
   问答专栏《亲爱的露西》（dearlucy）的问题，让我想到了私人助理被人们忽视的职能及价值。
2. The agony column is my favourite part of the magazine.
   这本杂志的答读者问专栏是我最喜爱的部分。
3. On Wednesdays I write an agony aunt column in which I invite readers to do half the legwork by sending in problems and writing answers to other people's problems.
   每周三我都会写一篇读者来信专栏文章，邀请读者发问题过来，并回答其他人的问题，以此省去了一半外出搜集情报的工作。
4. My agony column started to appear on Wednesdays in the FT and since then I have handed out advice on bullying bosses, office affairs, sexism, when to wear chinos: big problems, little problems.
   我的知心大姐专栏开始在每周三的英国《金融时报》上发表。从那时起，我的建议范围囊括了恶霸老板、办公室恋爱、性别歧视、什么时候可以穿休闲长裤等大大小小的问题。
5. The agony column of our newspaper receives hundreds of letters every week.
   我们报纸的答读者问专栏每周收到数百封读者来信。

noun

1. a newspaper column devoted to personal problems