Noun:
unbearable physical painextreme mental distressintense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;an agony of doubt
the torments of the damned
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
a severe afflictionthe act of harassing someone
Verb:
torment emotionally or mentallytreat cruelly;The children tormented the stuttering teacher
subject to torture;The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
agony，anguish，torment，torture，grief，misery，distress，sorrow这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
用作动词 v.
～+副词torment barbarously野蛮地折磨torment constantly长久地折磨torment devilishly可恶地折磨torment endlessly无限地折磨torment fiendishly残忍地折磨torment heartlessly无情地折磨～+介词torment by为…而苦torment to折磨到…地步torment with由于…受折磨
用作动词v.
torment with v.+prep.
由于…烦扰 tease or annoy sb because of sth
torment sb/oneself with sthTom torments everyone with silly questions.汤姆老提些愚蠢幼稚的问题,所以大家都烦他。
He tormented himself with doubts about his ability.他对自己的能力没有信心,这使他感到痛苦。
She tormented herself with suspicion, fear and jealousy.她受到猜疑、恐惧和妒忌的折磨。
She was tormented with toothache.她受牙痛的折磨。
He was tormented with stings of conscience.他受到良心的谴责。近义词 dun讨债rag破布bane祸害pest害虫pain痛苦harrow耙badger獾taunt辱骂worry撕咬curse诅咒grief悲痛plague瘟疫pester纠缠bother烦扰molest骚扰rack行李架misery痛苦sorrow悲伤tease揶揄者trouble困难anguish苦闷torture拷问annoy使恼怒inflame激怒distress不幸harass使疲乏irritate激怒persecute迫害suffering痛苦harry不断骚扰afflict使苦恼frustrate挫败bedevil使痛苦harassment骚扰agony极度的痛苦bedevilment着魔nuisance讨厌的人heckle以麻梳梳理excruciate使苦恼worrying令人担心的agonize使极度痛苦…crucify钉在十字架上处死…badgering动词badger的现在进…反义词 comfort舒适
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.Don't torment yourself.别自寻烦恼。
The little boy tormented his sister.这个小男孩想方设法烦扰他的妹妹。
The knowledge of his guilt tormented him.知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
This disease of mine will torment me for life.我这种病使我终生痛苦。
v.动词
torment的基本意思是“折磨”“使痛苦”,指用令人烦恼的痛苦事或令人感到痛苦的人或事折磨某人,使其在肉体或精神上遭受长期持续的痛苦。
torment是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
动词98%,名词2%
用作及物动词Shetormentseveryone with silly questions.她用无聊的问题来烦扰大家。
Seth wastormentedby feelings of guilt.内疚之感折磨着塞斯。