tormenting

英 [tɔːˈmentɪŋ]

美 [tɔːrˈmentɪŋ]

v.  使备受折磨; 使痛苦; 烦扰; 戏弄; 捉弄; 纠缠
torment的现在分词

现在分词：tormenting　

BNC.48705 / COCA.39863

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。


• N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨
  Tormentis extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  1. The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
     因孩子被绑架所受的万分折磨全写在她脸上。
  2. He spent days in torment while the police searched for his stolen car.
     在警方搜寻他遭窃汽车的同时，他在极度苦恼中过了好些天。
• N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事
  Atormentis something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.
  1. Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...
     或早或晚，大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。
  2. Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
     在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
• VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分
  If somethingtormentsyou, it causes you extreme mental suffering.
  1. At times the memories returned to torment her...
     有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
  2. He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.
     他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
• VERB 戏弄;作弄
  If youtormenta person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.
  1. My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.
     哥哥姐姐以前常唱那首歌来戏弄我。

双语例句

• Seeing this, Lily gathered her courage and asked him what had been tormenting her all last night.
  于是，莉莉鼓起勇气向男孩发问。这问题前一天晚上已令她饱受煎熬。
• I wasn't tormenting anyone.
  我没有欺负任何人。
• A piercing mournful wail cut through the air, as if intent on tormenting the weak of heart.
  一阵尖锐的、凄惨的叫声在空中盘旋了一阵，好像故意在绞痛这些人的脆弱的心。
• In the novel of the scarlet letter, chillingworth becomes a devil tormenting his enemy crazily and without any pity from an honest, fair person, which has complex reasons.
  摘要在小说《红字》中，齐灵窝斯之所以由一个先前诚实、公正的人，变为毫无怜悯之心、疯狂折磨其仇人的恶魔，是有其复杂原因的。
• Stop tormenting her with your silly questions.
  别再用你那些愚蠢问题烦她了。
• You are Chinese quantifiers tortures, as we were also English tenses tormenting!
  你被中文的量词折磨着，同样我们也被英文的时态折磨着！
• People say he was killed falsely, so he is tormenting my father.
  人们说他是被误杀的，他的死使我父亲很痛苦。
• China is tormenting us already with non-tariff trade barriers.
  他说：中国已经开始用非关税贸易壁垒折磨我们。
• That it's no use to go on tormenting me!
  继续折磨我是没有用的！
• So this is why you've been tormenting me since last night.
  难怪你从昨晚开始就折磨我。