torment
- n.折磨;(尤指精神上的)痛苦;苦难之源
- vt.使痛苦;使备受折磨;纠缠;烦扰;戏弄;捉弄
复数： torments 过去式： tormented 现在分词： tormenting 过去分词： tormented 第三人称单数： torments
tor(t)- 扭曲 + -ment 行为或结果
tormentnoun
U C（尤指精神上的）折磨，痛苦；苦难之源
extreme suffering, especially mental suffering; a person or thing that causes this
the cries of a man in torment
一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
The flies were a terrible torment.
苍蝇一度肆虐。
verb
使备受折磨；使痛苦；烦扰
to make sb suffer very much
He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
他苦于没有安全感。
戏弄；捉弄；纠缠
to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way because you think it is amusing
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N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨
Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.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。
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N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事
A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.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。
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VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分
If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.At times the memories returned to torment her...
有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
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VERB 戏弄;作弄
If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.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。
noun
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- the act of harassing someone
- Synonym: badgering worrying bedevilment
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- a severe affliction
- Synonym: curse
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- intense feelings of suffering;acute mental or physical pain
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- Synonym: agony torture
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- extreme mental distress
- Synonym: anguish torture
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- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
- Synonym: harassment
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- unbearable physical pain
- Synonym: torture
verb
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- subject to torture
- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
- Synonym: torture excruciate
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- torment emotionally or mentally
- Synonym: torture excruciate rack
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- treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- Synonym: rag bedevil crucify dun frustrate
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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。
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It now becomes an unbearable torment .
它现在又变作一种不能忍受的折磨。
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She suffered years of mental torment after her son 's death .
儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
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The flies were a terrible torment .
苍蝇一度肆虐。
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I tormented myself with the thought that life was just too comfortable
一想到生活太过舒适了，我内心就很痛苦。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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At times the memories returned to torment her
有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
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Tormented by her ignorance , Jenny delves into her mother 's past
珍妮为自己的一无所知而苦恼，开始探究起母亲的过去。
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He had lain awake all night , tormented by jealousy .
他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
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Outdoors , mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment .
在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
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What a torment this illness is !
这病真磨人！
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What a little torment that child is !
这孩子老爱跟人起腻。
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That child is a real torment .
这孩子可真磨人。
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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。
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He has never suffered the torment of rejection .
他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
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He took too much pleasure in tormenting an ugly monster called Caliban .
他喜欢一味捉弄一个名叫凯列班的丑妖怪。
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The children were scolded for tormenting animals .
孩子们因折磨动物而受到责骂。
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Love is a sweet tyranny , because the lover endures his torment willingly .
爱情是甜蜜的暴政，情人甘心忍受它的折磨
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He suffered torments from his aching teeth .
他牙痛得难受。
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He released me from my torments .
他解除了我的痛苦。
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He was shackled and in darkness of torment .
他被困在黑暗中备受煎熬。
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Well , I don 't torment people I don 't know .
好了，我不喜欢折磨我不了解的人。
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You don 't think I 'm in torment as well ?
你难道不觉得我也在遭受折磨吗？
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I 've been in torment ever since you came to us .
自从我看到你，我就备受相思之苦。
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Trying to control or to change what we can 't only results in torment .
尝试去控制或去改变我们不能控制的事物只会带来自讨苦吃的结果。
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But I have spent the last 15 years in torment !
但我在15年中则饱受折磨！
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Go to school just to torment us ?
怎么在学校欺负我们的吗？
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What can children do in the face of such torment ?
面对这些痛苦时孩子们能做些什么？