torment

noun

1. （尤指精神上的）折磨，痛苦；苦难之源
   extreme suffering, especially mental suffering; a person or thing that causes this
   1. the cries of a man in torment
      一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
   2. She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
      儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
   3. The flies were a terrible torment.
      苍蝇一度肆虐。

verb

1. 使备受折磨；使痛苦；烦扰
   to make sb suffer very much
   1. He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
      他苦于没有安全感。
2. 戏弄；捉弄；纠缠
   to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way because you think it is amusing

The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。


1. N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨
   Torment is 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。
2. N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事
   A torment is 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。
3. VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分
   If something torments you, 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。
4. VERB 戏弄;作弄
   If you torment a 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
   在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
5. At times the memories returned to torment her
   有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
6. He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.
   他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
7. 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。
8. What a torment this illness is!
   这病真磨人！
9. That child is a real torment.
   这孩子可真磨人。
10. It now becomes an unbearable torment.
    它现在又变作一种不能忍受的折磨。
11. What a little torment that child is!
    这孩子老爱跟人起腻。
12. No matter how many times I tried to convince him I was fine, he continued to torment himself.
    无论我跟他说了多少次我没事，他还是一个劲儿地折磨自己。
13. And I love it when you tease and torment me;
    并爱你也同样戏弄和折磨我；
14. But for them, the treasure turned into a torment.
    但是对于他们而言，珍宝变成了痛苦。
15. My wife is a real torment to me.
    我的老婆真令我苦恼。
16. I will torment you no more.
    我再也不会让你痛苦了。
17. Torment me no longer.
    别再折磨我了！
18. Jealousy began to torment him.
    猜忌的心理开始来折磨他了。
19. He is free from all'complexes'and obsessions, the worries and troubles that torment others.
    他从所有的情结和困扰，担忧和所有折磨他人的烦恼之中解脱出来了。
20. In my books I reveal the immense cataclysm that is going to torment the earth in the near future.
    在我的书我揭示了巨大的灾难，快要折磨在不久的将来地球。
21. Tonight you saved my life, sergio. a life of torment and suffering.
    塞尔吉奥，今天晚上你救了我的命，受折磨的痛苦的生命。
22. To be able to talk to other people helps you escape from that torment.
    能够与其他人交谈，有助于你逃离那种痛苦。
23. Well, I don't torment people I don't know.
    好了，我不喜欢折磨我不了解的人。
24. Just living in the same house with him was a torment.
    和他在同一个屋檐下生活是一种折磨。
25. Also let my heart pay too many. But, I am imagining to embezzle to suffer to torment.
    也让我的心付出了太多。而我却在憧憬中饱受着折磨。
26. There is no truer torment for my soul than to know you unwell and unhappy.
    让我知道你生病和不高兴是对我精神最大的折磨。
27. But of torment and despair.
    但是，痛苦和绝望。
28. Dare you torment an old man?
    你居然敢折磨羞辱一个老人家？
29. But hannibal's demons visit him and torment him.
    但是，汉尼拔的恶魔们降临到他身上，折磨他。

noun

1. the act of harassing someone

   Synonym:    badgeringworryingbedevilment

2. a severe affliction

   Synonym:    curse

3. intense feelings of suffering
   1. an agony of doubt
   2. the torments of the damned

   Synonym:    agonytorture

4. extreme mental distress

   Synonym:    anguishtorture

5. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
   1. so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors

   Synonym:    harassment

6. unbearable physical pain

   Synonym:    torture

verb

1. subject to torture
   1. The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

   Synonym:    tortureexcruciate

2. torment emotionally or mentally

   Synonym:    tortureexcruciaterack

3. treat cruelly
   1. The children tormented the stuttering teacher

   Synonym:    ragbedevilcrucifydunfrustrate