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

• The prisoners would soon suffer worse worse torments.
  囚犯们很快就要遭受更为残酷的折磨。
• Eg. she torments everyone with silly questions.
  她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。
• But since she only torments me with international politics, I can only remark: What a tiresome off-the-spot old woman!
  可是既然她只会拿国际政治来折磨我，我只能说：真是个离题太远的讨厌的老太婆！
• But do not think that our race has been abandoned by God. 17Wait, and you shall see his great power when he torments you and your descendants.
  不过不要以为天主已经离弃了我们的民族。17你等着看吧！看他的大能是如何惩罚你和你的子孙的。
• 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。
• Bob often torments his teachers with silly questions.
  鲍伯常以无聊的问题来困扰老。
• The Rockets blew a17-point third-quarter lead, but that was not the lost lead that torments them now.
  对决小牛，第三节火箭领先17分，但最后还是输了，可这还不是最让他们闹心的地方。
• He suffered torments from a bad burn.
  他因严重烧伤而受痛苦。
• That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
  因为我有五个兄弟，叫他警告他们，免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。
• These days, more than ever, facing and embracing your worst-case scenarios, seeing them as problems to be solved rather than torments to suffer helplessly, can save you no end of self-sabotage.
  如今，以往任何似乎后，面临和拥抱你最糟糕的情况，将它们看成是待解决的问题，而不是无助地去承受的折磨，这能让你终止无止境的自我破坏。