- By repeatedly trying to make someone miserable you torment them. The noun torment is the result of the verb torment.
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- vt. 折磨，痛苦
- n. 折磨，痛苦
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1. the cries of a man in torment
一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
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2. The flies were a terrible torment.
苍蝇一度肆虐。
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3. She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
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4. He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
他苦于没有安全感。
- torment (n.) c. 1300, "the inflicting of torture," also "state of great suffering, pain, distress," from Old French torment "torture, pain, anguish, suffering distress" (11c., Modern French tourment), from Latin tormentum "twisted cord, sling; clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," also "instrument of torture, a rack," figuratively "anguish, pain, torment," from torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").
- torment (v.) c. 1300, "inflict torture on, distress," from Old French tormenter "torture, torment, oppress, agitate" (12c.), from Medieval Latin tormentare "to torment, to twist," from Latin tormentum "twisted cord, sling; clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," also "instrument of torture, a rack," figuratively "anguish, pain, torment," from torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Related: Tormented; tormenting.
tor·ment noun , verb torment torments tormented tormenting noun / ˈtɔːment ; NAmE ˈtɔːrment / [uncountable , countable ] ( formal) extreme suffering, especially mental suffering; a person or thing that causes this （尤指精神上的）折磨，痛苦；苦难之源 SYN anguish ◆ the cries of a man in torment 一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声 ◆ She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. 儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。 ◆ The flies were a terrible torment. 苍蝇一度肆虐。 verb / tɔːˈment ; NAmE tɔːrˈment / 1 tormentsb ( formal) to make sb suffer very much 使备受折磨；使痛苦；烦扰 SYN plague ◆ He was tormented by feelings of insecurity. 他苦于没有安全感。 2 tormentsb/sth to annoy a person or an animal in a cruel way because you think it is amusing 戏弄；捉弄；纠缠 SYN torture tor·ment / ˈtɔːment ; NAmE ˈtɔːrment /
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