一、詳細釋義:


n.

痛苦,痛苦的根源,苦惱;折磨,刑罰


例句:

Love is a sweet torment.

愛情是甜蜜的折磨。


例句:

He was in torment after the operation.

手術(shù)后他非常痛苦。


v.

折磨,作弄,糾纏,使痛苦,使煩亂 [T]


例句:

She torments everyone with silly questions.

她用無聊的問題來煩擾大家。


例句:

Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.

內(nèi)疚之感折磨著塞斯。


二、詞義辨析:


agony,anguish,torment,torture,grief,misery,distress,sorrow

這些名詞均有“苦惱、痛苦”之意。 agony側(cè)重指精神或身體痛苦的劇烈程度。 anguish指精神方面令人難以忍受的極度痛苦;用于身體時,多指局部或暫時的痛苦。 torment強調(diào)煩惱或痛苦的長期性。 torture語氣比toment強,指在精神或肉體上受到的折磨所產(chǎn)生的痛苦。 grief指由某種特殊處境或原因造成的強烈的感情上的苦惱與悲痛。 misery著重痛苦的可悲狀態(tài),多含不幸、可憐或悲哀的意味。 distress多指因思想上的壓力緊張、恐懼、憂慮等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某種災(zāi)難帶來的痛苦。 sorrow語氣比grief弱,指因不幸、損失或失望等所產(chǎn)生的悲傷。


三、參考例句:


Love is a sweet torment.

愛情是甜蜜的折磨。


He was in torment after the operation.

手術(shù)后他非常痛苦。


Suffering from agonizing torment, he committed suicide.

因為經(jīng)歷著極度的痛苦,所以他自殺了。


He has never suffered the torment of rejection.

他從未經(jīng)受過遭人拒絕的痛苦。


His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.

他很靦腆,當眾講話對他來說簡直是受罪。


Suffering from agonizing torment, he committed a suicide.

因為經(jīng)歷著極度的痛苦,所以他自殺了。


I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

我指著神懇求你,不要叫我受苦。


Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.

愛情是甜蜜的虐政,情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。


After years of turmoil and torment, she is finally at peace.

經(jīng)歷多年的動蕩與痛苦后,她終于安心下來了。


There's no greater torment than waiting for the result of medical tests.

沒有比等待醫(yī)療檢驗結(jié)果更折磨人的事了。