Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #12113
torment
折磨；极度痛苦
Great physical or mental suffering; anguish.
- 1.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
酷刑,最初是由刑具施加的。
- 2.
unbearable physical pain
难以忍受的身体疼痛
- 3.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
任何极端的痛苦、痛苦或悲惨,无论是身体上还是精神上的。
- 4.
extreme mental distress
极度的精神痛苦
- 5.
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
强烈痛苦感受；急性精神或身体疼痛
精神折磨；极度的精神痛苦；难以忍受的身体疼痛；酷刑；拷打；酷刑,最初是由刑具施加的。；任何极端的痛苦、痛苦或悲惨,无论是身体上还是精神上的。
In use
The memory of the accident was a torment that stayed with her for years.
The patient couldn't sleep because of the torment in his injured back.
For weeks, the question of whether to move abroad caused him great torment.
the torments of the damned
Connections
Collocations
- in torment
- 处于极度痛苦中
- He lay in torment all night.他整夜处于极度痛苦之中。
- suffer torment
- 遭受折磨
- The prisoners suffered torment at the hands of their captors.囚犯在抓捕者手中遭受折磨。
- mental torment
- 精神折磨
- The constant noise was a mental torment to her.持续不断的噪音对她来说是一种精神折磨。
- be a torment to
- 对……是一种折磨
- The wait was a torment to the anxious parents.这段等待对焦虑的父母来说是一种折磨。
- torment of doubt
- 疑虑的折磨
- She was in the torment of doubt about her decision.她为决定而备受疑虑的折磨。
- endure torment
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把tor看作torture（酷刑）的开头，ment看作mental（精神）的开头，记住torment就是精神上的酷刑折磨。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal descriptions of suffering torment 作名词时较正式，多用于文学作品或正式描述中，表示极度的身体或精神痛苦；日常口语中更常用 pain 或 suffering。
Grammar Note
可数名词时指具体的折磨或痛苦，不可数时指抽象的痛苦状态
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of the words below rhymes exactly with torment /ˈtɔrˌmɛnt/. Torment keeps the full vowel /ɛ/ in -ment, whereas moment, ornament, garment, and comment use a reduced /ə/ in the same syllable (e.g., /ˈmoʊmənt/). Lament and cement have the same final /mɛnt/ but stress the last syllable, not the first. The spelling -ment also appears in all six words.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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