| 单词 | torment |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˈtɔ:ment] 美[ˈtɔrment] |
| 解释 | n.折磨,痛苦;痛苦的根源;刑罚;vt.& vi.使折磨,使痛苦;使烦乱;纠缠; |
| 例句 | N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦;苦恼万分;折磨 Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. 例: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。 例: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。 N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事 A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. 例: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。 例:Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.在户外,蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。 VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分 If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering. 例:At times the memories returned to torment her...有时,她再度想起往事,又会痛苦万分。 例:He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.他彻夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。 VERB 戏弄;作弄 If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement. 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:torments~done:tormented~pl:torments~ing:tormenting~past:tormented~ |
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