tormentor

IPA/tɔːˈmentə(r)/
KK[tˈɔrmˌɛntɚ]IPA/tɔːrˈmentər/

tormentor — 名詞

  • tormentorsingular
  • tormentorsplural

1. a person who deliberately makes someone else suffer, either by causing them emot

1.名詞B2
釋義

折磨者

使人遭受痛苦或折磨的人

a person who deliberately makes someone else suffer, either by causing them emotional distress, physical pain, or both, often in a repeated or sustained way

例句

The children told their teacher about their tormentor, a bully who stole their lunch money.

孩子們向老師說出折磨他們的人，就是偷他們午餐錢的惡霸。

Yumi lived in fear of her tormentor, who sent threatening letters at all hours.

Yumi 活在折磨她的人的陰影下，那人會隨時寄威脅信騷擾她。

常見搭配
  • childhood tormentor
  • former tormentor
  • cruel tormentor
  • to escape one's tormentor
  • to confront one's tormentor
  • to live in fear of one's tormentor
同義詞
  • bully

    more informal and specific to repeated aggressive behavior, especially among children or in school settings

  • persecutor

    more formal, often implies systematic oppression targeting someone's identity, beliefs, or background

  • torturer

    more specific, implies the deliberate infliction of physical pain, often in an official or institutional context

反義詞
  • protector

    someone who keeps another person safe from harm

  • defender

    someone who stands up for or defends another person against attack

用法筆記

Often used with possessive determiners (my, her, his, their) or in the phrase 'the tormentor of [someone]'. More common in formal or literary writing than in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

The school has a problem with tormentors.
The school has a problem with bullies.
'tormentor' implies severe, ongoing suffering and is more formal; 'bully' is the everyday word for repeated aggressive behavior.
The prisoner's tormentor waterboarded him.
The prisoner's torturer waterboarded him.
'torturer' is the specific word for someone who inflicts physical torture in an institutional or systematic way; 'tormentor' is broader and includes emotional suffering.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • live in fear of one's tormentor
  • escape one's tormentor
  • confront one's tormentor
  • face one's tormentor