单词
torment
读音
ˈtɔːrment; tɔːrˈment
美式
英式
词根
"Torment" 这个词并没有显著的词根, "ment" 是个后缀,而 "tor" 并非一个明确的词根。
释义
n. 痛苦,苦恼;痛苦的根源;折磨;使人痛苦的(人或物) v. 折磨,使痛苦;纠缠,作弄;骚扰,捉弄,戏弄 [ 复数 torments 第三人称单数 torments 现在分词 tormenting 过去式 tormented 过去分词 tormented ]
例句
At times the memories returned to torment her.
有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。
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。
You said,"Don't torment me so—I'll tell!"
你说:“不要这样折磨我——我说出来就是了。”
At times the memories returned to torment her.
有时这些记忆会又来折磨她。
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。
You said,"Don't torment me so—I'll tell!"
你说:“不要这样折磨我——我说出来就是了。”
强化记忆
可以通过关联记忆法来记忆这个单词。比如,“torment”可以想象成,“tor(托尔) + ment(精神: mind)”,即“托尔折磨我的精神”。"Torment"源于 13世纪的旧法语 "torment",它来自拉丁词 "tormentum",表之"折磨",这个词也可以指"拷问工具",和拉丁词 "torquere" 相关,它的意思是"扭,扭曲"。
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in the wake of painful experiences.We cannot bear a pointless torment,but we can endure great pain
They just seem to like the pain more.So, torment your heat receptors all you want,but remember, when it comes to spicy food,
and tells her how the Lord and Lady of the Ninth Skybreathed life into her, sending her to this place of burden and torment.She then turns to the new mother, praising her,
that can best be titled as "Denial and Running."When I got a chance to identify the real torment that I caused,
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大学,专四专八,其他
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