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

• 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。
• 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。
• He suffered torments from an aching tooth.
  他忍受着牙痛的折磨。
• F.God will require unbelievers to have "horrified" bodies that are hideous, disgusting and suffer all the terrible pains and torments of sin forever.
  上帝给非信徒一个“恐怖”的身体，他们是丑陋的、令人讨厌的，要永远经历可怕的疼痛和难以忍受的罪的折磨。
• Eg. she torments everyone with silly questions.
  她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。
• You will end each life in suffering under the butcher's knife, as just compensation for the torments you caused innocent living creatures.
  你每一世都会痛苦地在屠刀下死去，这是你造成那些无辜动物死亡的报应。
• 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。
• In the midst of his torments, and long before this, he had discontinued his work, and nothing is more dangerous than discontinued work; it is a habit which vanishes.
  在那些苦恼的时日里，长期以来，他早已中断了他的工作，而中断工作正是最危险不过的，这是一种习惯的消逝。
• He suffered torments from a bad burn.
  他因严重烧伤而受痛苦。
• 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。