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torments

英 [tɔːˈments]

美 [tɔːrˈments]

n.  (尤指精神上的)折磨,痛苦; 苦难之源
v.  使备受折磨; 使痛苦; 烦扰; 戏弄; 捉弄; 纠缠
torment的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

    The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。

  • N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦;苦恼万分;折磨
    Tormentis extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
    1. 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。
    2. 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
    Atormentis something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
    1. 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。
    2. 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 somethingtormentsyou, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
    1. At times the memories returned to torment her...
      有时,她再度想起往事,又会痛苦万分。
    2. 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 youtormenta person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
    1. 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。

双语例句

  • He suffered torments from a bad burn.
    他因严重烧伤而受痛苦。
  • In the midst of his torments, and long before this, he had discontinued his work, and nothing is more dangerous than discontinued work; it is a habit which vanishes.
    在那些苦恼的时日里,长期以来,他早已中断了他的工作,而中断工作正是最危险不过的,这是一种习惯的消逝。
  • And where the mind is never free from the torments of remorse.
    你的心灵永远无法从悔恨的折磨中解脱。
  • Actions you will purge with hell's worst torments.
    你将在地狱遭受酷刑折磨。
  • Dr Chilton does enjoy his petty torments.
    切尔顿医生真享受他得意的折磨。
  • Torments have been terminated by me.
    煎熬,被我终结了。
  • But it torments me less as a mother to see you die in agony in the arms of god.
    但作为母亲我希望你死在上帝的怀里。
  • We pray for strength and humility, and some messenger of Satan torments us until we lie in the dust crying for its removal.
    我们求能力和谦卑,神却给我们撒但的苦害。直到我们躺在尘土里求告他。
  • Eg. she torments everyone with silly questions.
    她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。
  • Unable to endure such torments, she came to an untimely end.
    她经不住这样的熬煎,过早地离开了人世。