torment
折磨
常用释义
英音[ ˈtɔːment ]
美音[ ˈtɔːrment ]
变形
复数:
torments
第三人称单数:
torments
现在分词:
tormenting
过去式:
tormented
过去分词:
tormented
基本释义
- n. (肉体、精神上的)折磨,痛苦;使人痛苦的人(物)
- v. 使痛苦,折磨;骚扰,捉弄
例句
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1·At times the memories returned to torment her.有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·After years of turmoil and torment, she is finally at peace.经历多年的动荡与痛苦后,她终于安心下来了。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·You said,"Don't torment me so—I'll tell!"你说:“不要这样折磨我——我说出来就是了。”
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4·The hours wasted away, and hunger came to torment the captives again.时间一分一秒地过去了,饥饿再次折磨着他们。
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5·Can you see why his name was changed into a verb meaning "to tease or torment by arousing desire”?你知道为什么他的名字变成了一个动词,意思是“通过激起欲望来戏弄或折磨”吗?
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6·He has neither an infirm mother, nor a whole troop of everlastingly hungry children to torment him.他没有虚弱的母亲要照顾,也没有总是吃不饱的孩子来纠缠他。
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7·The flies were a terrible torment.苍蝇一度肆虐。来源: 《牛津词典》
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8·She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.儿子去世后,她多年悲痛欲绝。来源: 《牛津词典》
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9·What a torment this illness is!这病真磨人!来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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10·The world’s injustices torment him.但是他却受到世界不公正的折磨。
同根词
词根:
torment
tormentor
n
长肉叉;使苦恼的东西;使苦痛的人
tormenter
n
折磨者;边幕