​每日单词：torment

每日单词：torment

torment

英 ['tɔːment] 美 ['tɔːrment]

n.苦痛；拷问；折磨；烦恼 vt.使苦恼；折磨

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◉常见例句:

(1) He was in torment after the operation.

(2) That child is a torment to his parents.

(3) He suffered a hideous torment when the enemy caught him.

(4) What a little torment that child is!

(5) She torments everyone with silly questions.

(6) Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.

(1) 手术后他非常痛苦。

(2) 这孩子对他的父母是一种折磨。

(3) 敌人抓到他后，他受到可怕的折磨。

(4) 这孩子真烦人！

(5) 她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。

(6) 内疚之感折磨着塞斯。

◉词汇拆解:

torment -> tor(tort) + ment

◉Using notes:

By repeatedly trying to make someone miserable you torment them. The noun torment is the result of the verb torment.

After stealing the old lady's purse, you might expect to be tormented by many sleepless nights. Those nights without sleep will torment (tor-MENT) you. They are your torment (TOR-ment). Perhaps you shouldn't have done that. You'll doubtless notice the relationship between torture and torment. But the subtle difference between them is that to torment someone is to torture them repeatedly. Often this is used metaphorically. For example, calling someone over and over to demand payment isn't actually torture, but it's certainly a way to torment them.

◉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/。

1. [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨 Torment is 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。

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.

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。

3. [VERB 动词]折磨；使痛苦万分 If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.

[V n]

[V-ed]

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。

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。