柯林斯英汉双解大词典
torment CET6+ TEM4 ( tormenting, tormented, torments )
名词读作ˈtɔːmɛnt，动词读作tɔːˈmɛnt。
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N-UNCOUNT Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. (常指精神上的) 极度痛苦
例：After years of turmoil and torment, she is finally at peace.
经历多年的动荡与痛苦后，她终于安心下来了。
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N-COUNT A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. 烦恼事
例：Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer.
迟早大多数作家最终都会写书诉说当一名作家的苦恼。
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V-T If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering. (精神上) 折磨
例：At times the memories returned to torment her.
有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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I rather wonder at the bird, for though he had been nice to her, he had also sometimes tormented her.
我对这只鸟很吃惊，虽然他对她很好，但有时也折磨她。
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On some level, forgetfulness would just ease the grievousness of this miserable new psychological dynamic with which they are tormented.
在某种程度上，遗忘只是减轻了这种使他们备受折磨的、源于新的悲惨的心理变化的痛苦。
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He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
他苦于没有安全感。
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Jusu says she was tormented when she heard Allieu confess to the killing of her daughter and grandchild.
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On some level, forgetfulness would just ease the grievousness of this miserable new psychological dynamic with which they are tormented.
在某种程度上，遗忘可以缓解痛苦,这痛苦来自于新的悲惨的心理变化,他们为此备受折磨。
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It was probably the pivotal point of our friendship when he realized I had actually spent some hours thinking about him and his troubles and he was trying to place that in his tremendously involved and tormented mental categories.
这或许是我们之间友谊的关键时刻,他知道我的确用了许多时间考虑他和他的困境,在他陷入极其复杂的痛苦的精神危机时,他更是急于想了解这一点。
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