torment

noun

/ˈtɔːment/

/ˈtɔːrment/

[uncountable, countable] (formal)

extreme pain, especially mental pain; a person or thing that causes this（尤指精神上的）折磨，痛苦；苦难之源 synonym anguish
- She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
- in torment the cries of a man in torment 一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
- The flies were a terrible torment.苍蝇一度肆虐。
- Hell as a place of eternal torment地狱作为一个永受煎熬之所
- The sea wailed like a soul in torment.大海如同遭受痛苦的灵魂一样哀诉。
- the torment inflicted on a young girl by her mother母亲对小女孩的折磨
- Somehow, with her soul in torment, she managed to get through the day.不知何故，她的灵魂受到了折磨，她设法熬过了这一天。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- emotional
- inner
- …
verb + torment
- endure
- suffer
- escape
- …
preposition
- in torment
phrases
- be released from torment
词源Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.

torment

verb

/tɔːˈment/

/tɔːrˈment/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they torment	/tɔːˈment/ /tɔːrˈment/
he / she / it torments	/tɔːˈments/ /tɔːrˈments/
past simple tormented	/tɔːˈmentɪd/ /tɔːrˈmentɪd/
past participle tormented	/tɔːˈmentɪd/ /tɔːrˈmentɪd/
-ing form tormenting	/tɔːˈmentɪŋ/ /tɔːrˈmentɪŋ/

torment somebody (formal) to make somebody suffer very much使备受折磨；使痛苦；烦扰 synonym plague
- He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.他苦于没有安全感。
torment somebody/something to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way戏弄；捉弄；纠缠

synonym torture

词源Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.

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