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

• He suffered torments from an aching tooth.
  他忍受着牙痛的折磨。
• Nothing can describe the torments we went through while we were waiting for news.
  我们在等待消息时精神上所受到的痛苦是无法描绘的。
• We pray for strength and humility, and some messenger of Satan torments us until we lie in the dust crying for its removal.
  我们求能力和谦卑，神却给我们撒但的苦害。直到我们躺在尘土里求告他。
• A person who torments others.
  折磨人使人痛苦的人。
• A.In His Word, God speaks very clearly and powerfully about eternal torments that He will administer to ungodly people as punishment for their sin and unbelief in a place called hell.
  在圣经中，神明确而有力的说到，对那些不敬畏神的人的罪与不信将在名叫地狱的地方有永远的痛苦作为惩罚。
• All the sinners break wholly away the torments together, who have all developed the Supreme Bodhi-Citta.
  一切罪人。俱得离苦。皆发无上菩提心。
• Dr Chilton does enjoy his petty torments.
  切尔顿医生真享受他得意的折磨。
• 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。
• 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。
• Torments have been terminated by me.
  煎熬，被我终结了。