tormented

英 [tɔːˈmentɪd]

美 [tɔːrˈmentɪd]

v.  使备受折磨; 使痛苦; 烦扰; 戏弄; 捉弄; 纠缠
torment的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：tormented　过去式：tormented　

BNC.21641 / COCA.20721

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 had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.
  他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
• I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.
  我因一直渴望着遥遥无期的事情而倍受折磨。
• She was tormented by her memories.
  她被回忆折磨着。
• But soon, fear no longer tormented my husband.
  过没多久，我先生什么都不怕了。
• He was constantly tormented with headache.
  他不断受到头痛的折磨。
• He was a tormented boy.
  他是个痛苦的男孩。
• Fear and hate warred within her and tormented her.
  恐惧和憎恨在她内心深处斗争着，折磨着她。
• Even since he divorced with his wife, he has been tormented with remorse.
  自从他跟太太离婚后，就一直饱受自责的折磨。
• Who said I am tormented?
  谁说我很痛苦？
• Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past
  珍妮为自己的一无所知而苦恼，开始探究起母亲的过去。