torment是什么意思？

torment

英[ˈtɔ:ment] 美[ˈtɔrment]

• n. 折磨，痛苦，痛苦的根源，刑罚；
• vt.& vi. 使折磨，使痛苦，使烦乱，纠缠；

复数：torments;

第三人称单数：torments;

过去式：tormented;

过去分词：tormented;

现在分词：tormenting;

例句

• His schooldays were a torment. 他的学生时期是一场苦难。
• Love is a sweet torment. 爱是一种甜蜜的折磨。
• Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
• God entrusts man's body to him. Man must not torment that body. 神把人的身体交付给他, 他不该自残身体.
• He has never suffered the torment of rejection. 他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦.
• It was wicked of you to torment the poor girl. 你折磨那可怜的女孩,真是恶劣.
• 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。
• At times the memories returned to torment her... 有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
• Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment. 在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
• 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。

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均有"苦恼，痛苦" 的意思
  agony ：侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
  anguish ：指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
  torment ：强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
  torture ：语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
  grief ：指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
  misery ：着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
  distress ：多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
  sorrow ：语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨
  Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  例句
  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。 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
  A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  例句
  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。 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 something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
  例句
  At times the memories returned to torment her... 有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。 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 you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (尤指精神上的)折磨, 痛苦
  He has never suffered the torment of rejection. 他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
  苦难之源
  His schooldays were a torment. 他的学生时期是一场苦难。
• vt.
  戏弄；捉弄；纠缠
  The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他一直非常痛苦。
• vt. & vi.
  使备受折磨；使痛苦；烦扰
  He was tormented by feelings of insecurity. 他苦于没有安全感。

英英词典释义

• 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"