n.苦痛；拷問；折磨；煩惱

vt.使苦惱；折磨

He was in torment after the operation. 手術(shù)后他非常痛苦。

That child is a torment to his parents. 這孩子對他的父母是一種折磨。

He suffered a hideous torment when the enemy caught him. 敵人抓到他后，他受到可怕的折磨。

What a little torment that child is! 這孩子真煩人！

Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt. 內(nèi)疚之感折磨著塞斯。

torment的基本意思是“折磨”“使痛苦”,指用令人煩惱的痛苦事或令人感到痛苦的人或事折磨某人,使其在肉體或精神上遭受長期持續(xù)的痛苦。

torment是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。

torment不接以動詞不定式充當(dāng)補足語的復(fù)合賓語。 他們折磨他致死。誤:They torment him to die.正:They torment him to death.

torment還可用作名詞,意思是“痛苦”,此時讀音為 ［'t??ment］ 。