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Torment Mental Noun Verb Extreme Syn Suffering Person

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torment

[ˈtɔ:ment]tormented, tormenting, torments

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tormented[1894] tormenting[980] torments[784]
折磨(77%),苦痛(8%),使苦恼(6%),拷问(5%),烦恼(4%)
n.痛苦,苦恼;痛苦的根源
vt.折磨,使痛苦;纠缠,作弄
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Collins
torment ★☆☆☆☆
The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]极度痛苦;苦恼万分;折磨 Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  • The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.

    因孩子被绑架所受的万分折磨全写在她脸上。

  • He spent days in torment while the police searched for his stolen car.

    在警方搜寻他遭窃汽车的同时,他在极度苦恼中过了好些天。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事 A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  • Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...

    或早或晚,大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。

  • Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.

    在户外,蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。

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[VERB 动词]折磨;使痛苦万分 If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • At times the memories returned to torment her...

    有时,她再度想起往事,又会痛苦万分。

  • He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.

    他彻夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。

4
[VERB 动词]戏弄;作弄 If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
  [V n]
  • My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.

    哥哥姐姐以前常唱那首歌来戏弄我。


Oxford
tor·ment
noun
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verb
torment torments tormented tormenting
noun / ˈtɔːment ; NAmE ˈtɔːrment / [uncountable ,  countable ] ( formal) extreme suffering, especially mental suffering; a person or thing that causes this (尤指精神上的)折磨,痛苦;苦难之源 SYN
anguish
the cries of a man in torment 一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声 She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. 儿子去世后,她多年悲痛欲绝。 The flies were a terrible torment. 苍蝇一度肆虐。
verb / tɔːˈment ; NAmE tɔːrˈment / 1 tormentsb ( formal) to make sb suffer very much 使备受折磨;使痛苦;烦扰 SYN
plague
He was tormented by feelings of insecurity. 他苦于没有安全感。
2 tormentsb/sth to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way because you think it is amusing 戏弄;捉弄;纠缠
SYN
torture
tor·ment / ˈtɔːment ; NAmE ˈtɔːrment /
LDC
torment1 noun
torment2 verb
tormenttor‧ment1 /ˈtɔːment $ ˈtɔːr-/ noun
Word Origin
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Thesaurus
1[uncountable] severe mental or physical sufferingin torment She lay awake all night in torment.2[countable] someone or something that makes you suffer a lot:  The journey must have been a torment for them.
torment1 noun
torment2 verb
tormenttor‧ment2 /tɔːˈment $ tɔːr-/ verb [transitive]
Verb Table
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1to make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally:  Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.2to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying them or hurting them SYN  torture:  The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance.tormentor noun [countable]

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