torment

torment
noun
  1. [mass noun]severe physical or mental suffering
    （肉体、精神上的）折磨，痛苦
    their deaths have left both families in torment.
    他们的死令两家人都极为痛苦。
    ■[count noun]a cause of such suffering
    折磨，痛苦的原因
    the journey must have been a torment for them.
    这次旅行一定让他们吃尽了苦头。
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering
    使痛苦，受折磨
    he was tormented by jealousy.
    他饱受嫉妒之苦。
    ■annoy or provoke in a deliberately unkind way
    纠缠；烦扰
    every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone.
    每天都有孩子们来作弄我，因为他们知道我一人独处。
派生
tormentedly
adverb
tormentingly
adverb
tormentor
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): from Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum 'instrument of torture', from torquere 'to twist'
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