The noun is pronounced /'tɔːment/. The verb is pronounced /tɔː'ment/. 名词读作/'tɔːment/。动词读作 /tɔː'ment/。
1 N-UNCOUNT 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨 Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. 极度痛苦；苦恼万分；折磨
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The torment of having her baby kidnapped is written all over her face. [+ of]
因孩子被绑架所受的万分折磨全写在她脸上。
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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。
SYN suffering, distress, misery, pain
2 N-COUNT 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事 A torment is something that causes extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. 使人痛苦的事;折磨人的事
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Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer. [+ of]
或早或晚，大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。
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Outdoors, mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
在户外，蚊子和蠓虫永远让人不得安生。
SYN suffering, distress, misery, pain
3 VERB 折磨;使痛苦万分 If something torments you, it causes you extreme mental suffering. 折磨;使痛苦万分
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At times the memories returned to torment her. [VERB noun]
有时，她再度想起往事，又会痛苦万分。
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He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. [VERB-ed]
他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
SYN torture, pain, distress, afflict
4 VERB 戏弄;作弄 If you torment a person or animal, you annoy them in a playful, rather cruel way for your own amusement. 戏弄;作弄
SYN tease, annoy, worry, trouble
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