喜樂美語
  1. 1vB1/tɔːrn/ · /tɔːn/撕破（tear 的過去分詞）

    The past participle of tear: the form used after have, has, had, or after be — for paper or cloth damaged by pulling, for something pulled away from a place, and for a person torn between two choices.

    示範例句 · Example

    Be careful with that old map — I've already torn one corner.

    逐字小心那張舊地圖——我已經撕破了一個角。

    「torn」是 tear（撕）的過去分詞，三態是 tear-tore-torn：剛弄破的當下說 I tore it，東西現在還是破的就說 It's torn。它幾乎只住在兩種句型裡——完成式（have／has／had torn）和 be torn（被動或講狀態，The page is torn 就是「那頁破了」）。tear 可以想成「用力一拉，東西就讓開了」：讓開的可以是紙、是衣服，也可以是一個人被兩邊拉住，所以 be torn between A and B 是心被兩邊扯著、決定不了。

    常見搭配

    • have/has torn

      已經撕破（現在完成式）

      used to say someone has damaged something by pulling it, and it is still damaged now

      Leo has torn the wrapping paper trying to open the box.

    • had torn

      （在過去某個時間之前）已經撕破

      used to say someone had already damaged something before another moment in the past

      By the time we found the note, someone had torn off the bottom half.

    • be torn

      破了；被撕破

      to be damaged with a hole or a split, because something pulled it

      The corner of the poster is torn, but you can still read the date.

    • be torn out of something

      被從…（本子、書）撕下來

      to be pulled out of a book or pad so that it comes away

      A page had been torn out of the notebook.

    • be torn between A and B

      在兩者之間難以取捨

      to be unable to choose, because you want two different things

      Aisha was torn between the piano and the guitar.

    • be torn to pieces/shreds

      被撕成碎片

      to be pulled into many small pieces

      The old paper lantern was torn to shreds by the wind.

    意思相近

    rippedsplitshreddedfrayedtatteredragged

    用法接近

    toretearingtearripped

    意思相反

    mendedrepairedintactwhole

core核心畫面

Torn is not a word with its own meaning — it is the past participle of tear, the form you use after have, has, had, or after be. You can picture what a pull leaves behind: paper or cloth with a rip through it, something pulled away from where it belonged, or a person being pulled from both sides at once and unable to move.

torn 本身不是一個獨立的字義，它是 tear（撕）的過去分詞——用在 have/has/had 後面，或是 be 動詞後面。可以想成「被拉扯之後留下的樣子」：紙或布上被扯開的一道裂口、某個東西被硬拉離原位，或者一個人同時被兩邊拉住、動彈不得（I'm torn between the two jobs）。所有意思都直接來自 tear，torn 只是它的形式。

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同家族的字

過去式 tore過去分詞 torn-ing tearing三單 tears

意思相近

rippedsplitshreddedfrayedtatteredragged

用法接近

toretearingtearripped

意思相反

mendedrepairedintactwhole

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tornadj/tɔːn/

  • 1

    Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.

  • 2

    Unable to decide between multiple options.

    • I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.
  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesHaving marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.

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