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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 12113 COCA: 12020

torment

noun
/ˈtɔːment/
/ˈtɔːrment/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)
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  1. 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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • emotional
    • inner
    verb + torment
    • endure
    • suffer
    • escape
    preposition
    • in torment
    phrases
    • be released from torment
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    Word OriginMiddle 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/
Verb Forms
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/
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  1. 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。
  2. torment somebody/something to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way戏弄;捉弄;纠缠
  3. synonym torture
    Word OriginMiddle 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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