torment
n
(a) [U, C usu pl 作不可数名词或可数名词, 後者通常作复数]
severe physical or mental suffering (肉体或精神上的)折磨, 痛苦
be ingreat torment 备受折磨
suffer torment(s) from toothache牙疼得难受.
(b) [C] thing or person that causes this 造成痛苦的事物或人
His shyness made public speaking a torment to him. 他很腼腆, 当众讲话简直是受罪.
What a little torment that child is! ie because it is noisy, demanding, etc. 这孩子真烦人! torment v [Tn]
1 cause severe suffering to (sb) 使(某人)备受折磨或痛苦
tormented by hunger, anxiety, mosquitoes 饿得、 愁得、 蚊子咬得十分难受.
2 tease or annoy (sb) 戏弄或烦扰(某人)
Stop tormenting your sister. 别再耍弄你姐姐了.
tormenting their teacher with silly questions 用愚蠢的问题烦扰老师.
If you do not let me have it, that will be a sign of weakness and no one will trust your laws any more.
要是您不准许我得到它,那将是一种软弱的表现,人们将不再信你们的法律了。
Some stories are for swallowing. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train journey. If it is a good book, you might say, It's so good I can't put it dow
The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.