tormented
past simple and past participle oftorment
| 单词 | tormented |
| 释义 | tormented past simple and past participle oftorment torment verb[T] uk/tɔːˈment/us/tɔːrˈment/tocauseapersonoranimaltosufferorworry: Theanimalsare tormentedmercilesslybyfliesandmosquitoes. Thecamerafocusedon agroupof women whosefaceswere tormentedby/with(=showedthat they weresuffering)grief. It tormented me allday- had I said thewrongthing andhurtherfeelings? Treating people or animals badly
Examplesoftormentedtormented In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is an astonishing claim : pattern recognition of exactly this kind hastormentedstatisticians and computer scientists to no end. From theCambridge English Corpus In their disturbing psychological complexities, glazed over but never concealed by rich aesthetic surfaces, they are anxious portraits of thetormentedand divided modern subject. From theCambridge English Corpus Western powers too played a less than glorious part in this twentieth-century drama, where imperial and ethnic nation-state projects have alternatelytormentedthe region's society. From theCambridge English Corpus Some surrogates aretormentedby the thought that they are "allowing" their loved one to die. From theCambridge English Corpus Holding the start of the finale in its grip, it deprives the movement's subject of grace, wholeness or stability, leaving it misshapen,tormentedand dissatisfied. From theCambridge English Corpus To betormentedwithout a clear definition of the self is a distinctly modern affliction. From theCambridge English Corpus His lifelong recollection was oftormentedscreaming throughout the day and night. From theCambridge English Corpus My limbs weretormentedby the fire in my belly. From theCambridge English Corpus These decisions aretormentedsituations, situations fraught with anguish, ambiguity, and doubt. From theCambridge English Corpus Harkis have beentormentedby the thought of being traitors. From theCambridge English Corpus Most terrible of all, she laughed and has beentormentedever since. From theCambridge English Corpus They are named after the cruel machines and instruments thattormentedsmall children in the factories. From theCambridge English Corpus Eventually he arrives at the main stage, very slowly turns around the pillar, and reveals the mask of atormentedyoung man and the full glory of his attire. From theCambridge English Corpus Children are deliberatelytormentedagain and again by being forced to wait hours—sometimes days—before they take the witness stand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that an unreasonable or ignoble aspiration in this troubled andtormentedworld? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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