中英互译
torment
英 /ˈtɔːment/美 /ˈtɔːrment/
基本释义
- n.(肉体、精神上的)折磨,痛苦;使人痛苦的人(物)
- v.使痛苦,折磨;骚扰,捉弄
复数torments
第三人称单数torments
现在分词tormenting
过去式tormented
过去分词tormented
考研IELTSGRE
词语例句
(肉体、精神上的)折磨,痛苦n.
After years of turmoil and torment, she is finally at peace.
经历多年的动荡与痛苦后,她终于安心下来了。
You will suffer worse torments if you tell a lie.
你如果说谎,就要遭受更为残酷的折磨。
使人痛苦的人(物)cn.
Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer.
迟早大多数作家最终都会写书诉说当一名作家的苦恼。
使痛苦,折磨vt.
At times the memories returned to torment her.
有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。
骚扰,捉弄vt.
Boys keep tormenting her at school.
在学校里,男孩子们一直在作弄她。
- After years of turmoil and torment, she is finally at peace.经历多年的动荡与痛苦后,她终于安心下来了。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- You said,"Don't torment me so—I'll tell!"你说:“不要这样折磨我——我说出来就是了。”
- The hours wasted away, and hunger came to torment the captives again.时间一分一秒地过去了,饥饿再次折磨着他们。
网络短语
- Planescape Torment异域镇魂曲;失落的永恒;行星逃逸;异域惊魂曲
- Everlasting Torment无穷折磨;无尽折磨
- Hex of Torment痛苦诅咒
- Torment Worm痛苦之虫
- of Torment Obliteration虐杀之
词语扩展
- sorrow/agony/grief/anguish/torment/distress/misery/torture
词义分布
折磨
68.2%
痛苦
17.5%
煎熬
10.6%
苦恼
1.8%
纠缠
0.9%
戏弄
0.9%
英英释义
- n.unbearable physical pain
- n.extreme mental distress
- n.intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- n.a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- n.a severe affliction
- n.the act of harassing someone
词源
- torment痛苦词根词缀: tor(-tort-)扭,拧 + -ment名词词尾
- torment折磨,痛苦来自拉丁语 torquere,扭曲,词源同 turn,torque.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义折磨,痛苦。
- tormentBorrowing from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).