torment
英 ['tɔːment]
美['tɔrmɛnt]
- vt. 折磨，使痛苦；纠缠，作弄
- n. 痛苦，苦恼；痛苦的根源
实用场景例句
- the cries of a man in torment
- 一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
牛津词典
- She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
- 儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
牛津词典
- The flies were a terrible torment.
- 苍蝇一度肆虐。
牛津词典
- He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
- 他苦于没有安全感。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
- 在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- At times the memories returned to torment her...
- 有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.
- 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Jealousy began to torment him.
- 猜忌的心理开始来折磨他了.
辞典例句
- And the souls will feel torture and torment and love and compassion.
- 而灵魂将会感觉痛苦和折磨,爱,慈悲.
期刊摘选
- He was in torment after the operation.
- 手术后他非常痛苦.
期刊摘选
- He has never suffered the torment of rejection.
- 他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦.
《简明英汉词典》
- Absolve the torment that you suffer.
- 免除你所受的折磨.
期刊摘选
- My wife is a real torment to me.
- 我的老婆真令我苦恼.
辞典例句
- His schooldays were a torment.
- 他的学生时期是一场苦难.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was determined to torment her in any way he could.
- 他决定折磨她,无所不用其极.
期刊摘选
- This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment.
- 这是我手所定的.们必躺在悲惨之中.
期刊摘选
- How can a merciful God permit a human being to suffer such torment?
- 仁慈的上帝怎么容许一个人受这样的痛苦?
辞典例句
- He suffered a hideous torment when the enemy caught him.
- 敌人抓到他后,他受到可怕的折磨.
期刊摘选
- God does not directly torment or impose evil on us.
- 上帝不会直接折磨或把罪恶强加在我们身上.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- It is possible to live in heaven while those around you live in torment.
- 是有可能当你们生活在天堂,而同时周围的人却生活在煎熬中.
期刊摘选
- This is a pleasurable torment. My ignorance amuses me.
- 这真是一个享受的酷刑. 我的无知令我很好笑.
期刊摘选
- It now becomes an unbearable torment.
- 它现在又变作一种不能忍受的折磨.
辞典例句
同义词辨析
agony, anguish, torment, torture, grief, misery, distress, sorrow
这些名词均有"苦恼，痛苦"之意。
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。