tormenting
英 [tɔːˈmentɪŋ]
美 [tɔːrˈmentɪŋ]
v. 使备受折磨; 使痛苦; 烦扰; 戏弄; 捉弄; 纠缠
torment的现在分词
现在分词:tormenting
BNC.48705 / COCA.39863
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦;苦恼万分;折磨
Tormentis extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.- The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
因孩子被绑架所受的万分折磨全写在她脸上。 - He spent days in torment while the police searched for his stolen car.
在警方搜寻他遭窃汽车的同时,他在极度苦恼中过了好些天。
- The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face.
- N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事
Atormentis something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering.- Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...
或早或晚,大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。 - Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
在户外,蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
- Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer...
- VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分
If somethingtormentsyou, it causes you extreme mental suffering.- At times the memories returned to torment her...
有时,她再度想起往事,又会痛苦万分。 - He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy.
他彻夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。
- At times the memories returned to torment her...
- VERB 戏弄;作弄
If youtormenta person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement.- My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.
哥哥姐姐以前常唱那首歌来戏弄我。
- My older brother and sister used to torment me by singing it to me.
The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。
双语例句
- I wasn't tormenting anyone.
我没有欺负任何人。 - Arrrgh! Li Hua, you really do get a kick out of tormenting me. I'll never get wasted for the rest of my life. I promise.
我只是开个玩笑而已。不过,我倒是希望你这辈子再也不要喝那麽多酒了! - The very act of concentration seemed to make me more wakeful than ever, and I would pass hours in tormenting sleeplessness.
高度集中的精力让我比任何时候都清醒,我不得不在折磨人的失眠中捱过几个钟头。 - She thrilled with these proofs of her power that proclaimed her a woman, and she took an Eve-like delight in tormenting him and playing upon him.
她的威力的这种种表现宣布了她已是个女人,这使她激动欢喜。她也把抗磨和玩弄他当作快乐,像夏娃一样。 - Stop tormenting that poor dog!
别再戏弄那只可怜的狗了! - The professor found as soon as we hear words like "tormenting"," gruelling "or" plaguing", the exact areas in the brain that deal with pain are activated.
教授还发现,只要我们听到类似痛苦的、折磨人的、苦恼的的词汇,大脑中的这个相关区域就立刻被激活。 - Tormenting their teacher with silly questions.
用愚蠢的问题烦扰老师。 - The study discovered that certain pain-associated words such as` tormenting` or` gruelling` stimulate the pain area of the brain-even when no pain is actually administered.
研究人员发现,人们听到一些与疼痛相关的词汇(例如痛苦的、折磨人的)时,脑部与痛感相关的区域会被激活&即便这些痛感并非实际存在也会让人产生疼痛感。 - The older children would delight in tormenting him.
年龄大些的孩子捉弄他取乐。 - So this is why you've been tormenting me since last night.
难怪你从昨晚开始就折磨我。