Torment
[ 'tɔrmɛnt ]
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n. 折磨，痛苦;痛苦的根源;刑罚;
vt.& vi. 使折磨，使痛苦;使烦乱;纠缠;
💡 词根助记
tors-, tort 拉丁 tortus=twisted, 表示扭曲,弯曲
📝 例句
the cries of a man in torment
一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ to-去,rm-拼音“任命”,ent-ant蚂蚁:去任命蚂蚁,这是件让人痛苦的事情
※ to-似数字“70”,r-拼音“人”,ment-拼音“门徒”:70个人受到了门徒的折磨
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
torment
n
(a) [U, C usu pl 作不可数名词或可数名词, 後者通常作复数]
severe physical or mental suffering （肉体或精神上的）折磨, 痛苦
be ingreat torment 备受折磨
suffer torment(s) from toothache牙疼得难受.
(b) [C] thing or person that causes this 造成痛苦的事物或人
His shyness made public speaking a torment to him. 他很腼腆, 当众讲话简直是受罪.
What a little torment that child is! ie because it is noisy, demanding, etc. 这孩子真烦人! torment v [Tn]
1 cause severe suffering to (sb) 使（某人）备受折磨或痛苦
tormented by hunger, anxiety, mosquitoes 饿得、 愁得、 蚊子咬得十分难受.
2 tease or annoy (sb) 戏弄或烦扰（某人）
Stop tormenting your sister. 别再耍弄你姐姐了.
tormenting their teacher with silly questions 用愚蠢的问题烦扰老师.
🎯 考研助记
源自tort- 扭曲，torture 折磨，拷打；tore tear 撕破，扯裂 的过去式 + ment 名词，心象被撕破般痛苦，折磨；音：特闷，特郁闷→痛苦； 网友：yqy 补充：源自torn（tear的过去式）：为何流泪？有令人痛苦的东西。或源自tort
🔁 扩展释义
*['tɒ:ment]n. 使人痛苦的东西, 折磨者, 苦痛vt. 使苦恼, 纠缠, 歪曲, 拷问【法】 折磨, 曲解, 歪曲相关词组: be in torment
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📖 同为「博士」词汇
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OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.
好吧。我们明天再多买些。现在我们应该把地板弄好。你能抓住木板的另一端吗？现在你要来回拉动木板，使它的表面象那块儿木板一样光滑。
Following his discovery many islanders travelled 3,500 kilometers by sea in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350.
继其发现之后，许多岛民于1100年至1350年间驾着他们那窄小的帆船航行3500公里来到这一新的国度。
Calare took the pen and added her signature, saying Good. That is all correct.
好了。很正确。"