音标:['tɒ:ment] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 使人痛苦的东西, 折磨者, 苦痛
vt. 使苦恼, 纠缠, 歪曲, 拷问
v. torment emotionally or mentally
v. treat cruelly
词型变化:过去分词 : tormented ; 现在分词 : tormenting ; 名词复数形式 : torments ; 过去式 : tormented ; 第三人称单数 : torments
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词56%
名词44%

torment的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He was in torment after the operation.手术后他非常痛苦。
  2. That child is a torment to his parents.这孩子对他的父母是一种折磨。
  3. He suffered a hideous torment when the enemy caught him.敌人抓到他后,他受到可怕的折磨。
  4. What a little torment that child is!这孩子真烦人!
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. She torments everyone with silly questions.她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。
  2. Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.内疚之感折磨着塞斯。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Don't torment yourself.别自寻烦恼。
  2. The little boy tormented his sister.这个小男孩想方设法烦扰他的妹妹。
  3. The knowledge of his guilt tormented him.知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
  4. This disease of mine will torment me for life.我这种病使我终生痛苦。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
torment with (v.+prep.)
    由于…烦扰 tease or annoy sb because of sthtorment sb/oneself with sth

    Tom torments everyone with silly questions.

    汤姆老提些愚蠢幼稚的问题,所以大家都烦他。

    He tormented himself with doubts about his ability.

    他对自己的能力没有信心,这使他感到痛苦。

    She tormented herself with suspicion, fear and jealousy.

    她受到猜疑、恐惧和妒忌的折磨。

    She was tormented with toothache.

    她受牙痛的折磨。

    He was tormented with stings of conscience.

    他受到良心的谴责。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • torment barbarously野蛮地折磨
  • torment constantly长久地折磨
  • torment devilishly可恶地折磨
  • torment endlessly无限地折磨
  • torment fiendishly残忍地折磨
  • torment heartlessly无情地折磨
~+介词
  • torment by为…而苦
  • torment to折磨到…地步
  • torment with由于…受折磨

经典引文

  • Jeff..always had this torment going on inside him.

    出自:G. Stein
  • I deserve all the torments hell can inflict.

    出自:M. Das
  • Those nightmare doubts that..torment us.

    出自:D. L. Sayers
  • Nothing could repel the tormenting flies that..hit one's face.

    出自:O. Manning
  • History will not..solve the great questions which have tormented..every generation.

    出自:Isaiah Berlin
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