tormented
/tɔːˈment/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈɔrmˌɛntɪd] /tɔːrˈment/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈɔrmˌɛntɪd] /ˈtȯr-ˌment How to pronounce torment (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tormented — 動詞
- tormentedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tormenteds3rd person singular
- tormenteding-ing form
- tormentededpast simple
1. to make someone or an animal experience repeated physical or emotional pain, oft
折磨
使人承受身心痛苦
to make someone or an animal experience repeated physical or emotional pain, often in a way that feels cruel or unfair
A group of older students tormented the new boy every day after school.
一群學長每天放學後都折磨那個新來的男孩。
active voice: torment + direct object
Gabriel was tormented by guilt long after he told the lie.
Gabriel 說謊之後，長期被罪惡感折磨。
passive: be tormented by [emotion]
The injured cat had been tormented by flies and needed help.
那隻受傷的貓被蒼蠅折磨，需要人幫忙。
Eve tormented her little brother by hiding his favourite toy.
Eve 把弟弟最喜歡的玩具藏起來，藉此折磨他。
文法句型
torment + person/animal
be tormented by + something
用法筆記
Commonly used in passive voice with 'by' to show the cause of suffering. The subject causing torment can be a person, a situation, or an emotion.
常見錯誤
tormented — 名詞
1. a state of extreme physical or emotional pain that lasts for a long time and is
痛苦；煎熬
長期難以忍受的極大痛苦
a state of extreme physical or emotional pain that lasts for a long time and is hard to bear
The family waited in torment for news of the missing hiker.
一家人痛苦地等待失蹤登山客的消息。
prepositional phrase: in torment
Trang could not describe the torment she felt after losing her home.
Trang 無法形容失去家園後的痛苦。
Years of emotional torment finally ended when she left the abusive relationship.
當她終於離開那段充滿虐待的關係時，多年的情感煎熬才告結束。
The pain from his back injury was constant torment that kept him awake at night.
背傷帶來的疼痛是不斷的折磨，讓他整夜無法入睡。
文法句型
in torment
torment of + noun
用法筆記
Uncountable in the abstract sense — do not say 'a torment' when referring to the feeling of suffering itself. Countable uses belong to noun sense 2 (the cause of suffering).
常見錯誤
2. a person, situation, or thing that causes constant unhappiness or worry, as if t
折磨之源
造成痛苦的人或事物
a person, situation, or thing that causes constant unhappiness or worry, as if the suffering cannot be escaped
The loud construction work next door was a torment to the elderly couple.
隔壁的施工噪音對那對老夫婦來說簡直是一種折磨。
pattern: a torment to + person
For Pedro, the unanswered question became a torment that haunted his thoughts.
對 Pedro 來說，那個未解的問題成了糾纏他思緒的折磨之源。
Living with constant pain was a torment that slowly wore down her spirit.
長期的疼痛是一種慢慢磨損她意志的折磨。
The leaky roof was a daily torment for the family during the rainy season.
下雨天屋頂漏水對那家人來說是每天的折磨。
文法句型
a torment to + person
be a torment
用法筆記
Countable — usually appears as 'a torment' or 'the torment of + noun'. Use this sense when referring to the cause, not the feeling itself (for the feeling, use noun sense 1).