torment

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英[?t??ment , t???ment]
美[?t??rment , t??r?ment]

基本釋義

n.
折磨,痛苦; 痛苦的根源; 刑罰
vt.& vi.
使折磨,使痛苦; 使煩亂; 糾纏

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

the cries of a man in torment

一個(gè)備受折磨的人的喊叫聲

牛津詞典

She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.

兒子去世后,她多年悲痛欲絕。

牛津詞典

The flies were a terrible torment.

蒼蠅一度肆虐。

牛津詞典

He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.

他苦于沒有安全感。

牛津詞典

The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.

因孩子被綁架所受的萬分折磨全寫在她臉上。

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

在警方搜尋他遭竊汽車的同時(shí),他在極度苦惱中過了好些天。

Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...

或早或晚,大多數(shù)作家最終都會(huì)著書講述身為作家的苦惱。

Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.

在戶外,蚊子和蠓蟲永遠(yuǎn)讓人不得安生。

At times the memories returned to torment her...

有時(shí),她再度想起往事,又會(huì)痛苦萬分。

He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.

他徹夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。

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來戲弄我。

Jealousy began to torment him.

猜忌的心理開始來折磨他了.

辭典例句

And the souls will feel torture and torment and love and compassion.

而靈魂將會(huì)感覺痛苦和折磨,愛,慈悲.

期刊摘選

He was in torment after the operation.

手術(shù)后他非常痛苦.

期刊摘選

He has never suffered the torment of rejection.

他從未經(jīng)受過遭人拒絕的痛苦.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Absolve the torment that you suffer.

免除你所受的折磨.

期刊摘選

My wife is a real torment to me.

我的老婆真令我苦惱.

辭典例句

His schooldays were a torment.

他的學(xué)生時(shí)期是一場苦難.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He was determined to torment her in any way he could.

他決定折磨她,無所不用其極.

期刊摘選

This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment.

這是我手所定的.們必躺在悲慘之中.

期刊摘選

How can a merciful God permit a human being to suffer such torment?

仁慈的上帝怎么容許一個(gè)人受這樣的痛苦?

辭典例句

He suffered a hideous torment when the enemy caught him.

敵人抓到他后,他受到可怕的折磨.

期刊摘選

God does not directly torment or impose evil on us.

上帝不會(huì)直接折磨或把罪惡強(qiáng)加在我們身上.

期刊摘選

Trying to control or to change what we can't only results in torment.

嘗試去控制或去改變我們不能控制的事物只會(huì)帶來自討苦吃的結(jié)果.

期刊摘選

It is possible to live in heaven while those around you live in torment.

是有可能當(dāng)你們生活在天堂,而同時(shí)周圍的人卻生活在煎熬中.

期刊摘選

This is a pleasurable torment. My ignorance amuses me.

這真是一個(gè)享受的酷刑. 我的無知令我很好笑.

期刊摘選

It now becomes an unbearable torment.

它現(xiàn)在又變作一種不能忍受的折磨.

辭典例句

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. unbearable physical pain

  • 2. extreme mental distress

  • 3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;

    "an agony of doubt"

    "the torments of the damned"

  • 4. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;

    "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

  • 5. a severe affliction

  • 6. the act of harassing someone

Verb
  • 1. torment emotionally or mentally

  • 2. treat cruelly;

    "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

  • 3. subject to torture;

    "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

同義詞辨析

agony, anguish, torment, torture, grief, misery, distress, sorrow

這些名詞均有"苦惱,痛苦"之意。

  • agony:側(cè)重指精神或身體痛苦的劇烈程度。
  • anguish:指精神方面令人難以忍受的極度痛苦;用于身體時(shí),多指局部或暫時(shí)的痛苦。
  • torment:強(qiáng)調(diào)煩惱或痛苦的長期性。
  • torture:語氣比toment強(qiáng),指在精神或肉體上受到的折磨所產(chǎn)生的痛苦。
  • grief:指由某種特殊處境或原因造成的強(qiáng)烈的感情上的苦惱與悲痛。
  • misery:著重痛苦的可悲狀態(tài),多含不幸、可憐或悲哀的意味。
  • distress:多指因思想上的壓力緊張、恐懼、憂慮等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某種災(zāi)難帶來的痛苦。
  • sorrow:語氣比grief弱,指因不幸、損失或失望等所產(chǎn)生的悲傷。

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