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  1. 1（名詞）極大的痛苦、折磨；（動詞）折磨

    As a noun, very great pain or suffering, physical or mental — "she was in torment after the loss." As a verb, "to torment someone" means to cause them great suffering, often on purpose and repeatedly, like teasing or hurting them over time.

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組成from Latin tormentum, related to torquere, to twist.

同家族的字

  • tortureboth come from the Latin root torquere, meaning to twist
  • torqueshares the same Latin root torquere

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tormentnoun/ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/

  • 1

    obsoleteA catapult or other kind of war-engine.

  • 2

    Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

    • I've gone through living torment.
  • 3

    Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

    • He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.
    • They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.

tormentverb/tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/

  • 1

    To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

    • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
    • Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.

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