torment
noun
uk/ˈtɔː.ment/us/ˈtɔːr.ment/[U]
greatmentalsufferingandunhappiness, orgreatphysicalpain:
折磨；痛苦Thefamilysaid they hadenduredyearsof torment andabuseat thehandsoftheirneighbours.这家人说多年来他们一直忍受着邻居们的欺凌羞辱。
Waiting for theresultof themedicaltestswassheertorment.等待医疗检查的结果简直就是一种折磨。
Hespentthenightintorment,tryingtodecidewhat was thebestthing to do.他在痛苦中度过了那个晚上，思量着最好该怎么做。
torments[plural]
greatmentalsufferingandunhappiness:
精神上的折磨与痛苦Nothing candescribethe torments wewent throughwhile we werewaitingfornews.我们在等待消息时所受的精神折磨是无法用语言描述的。
[C]
something or someone thatcausesgreatsufferingoranger:
痛苦（或烦恼）之源Writingreportswas amonthlytormenttohim.写报告每个月都让他头疼。
Pain & painful
- -racked
- agonizing
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- brain freeze
- cluster headache
- dull
- dully
- dysmenorrhea
- excruciating
- grief
- neuralgia
- pang
- prick
- rawness
- sciatic
- sharpness
- sting
- stitch
- throb
- tingle
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Difficult things and people
torment
verb[T]
uk/tɔːˈment/us/tɔːrˈment/tocauseapersonoranimaltosufferorworry:
折磨；使痛苦Theanimalsare tormentedmercilesslybyfliesandmosquitoes.动物受到苍蝇和蚊子的无情折磨。
Thecamerafocusedon agroupof women whosefaceswere tormentedby/with(=showedthat they weresuffering)grief.照相机对准了一群满脸忧伤的女人。
It tormented me allday- had I said thewrongthing andhurtherfeelings?这件事折磨了我一整天——我是不是说错了话伤了她的感情？
Treating people or animals badly
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- pick onsomeone
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannical
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use