| 词汇 | tormenting |
| 释义 | tormenting present participle oftorment torment verb[ T ] uk /tɔːˈment/ us /tɔːrˈment/ to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry: 折磨;使痛苦 The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes.动物受到苍蝇和蚊子的无情折磨。 be tormented by/withThe camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with (= showed that they were suffering) grief.照相机对准了一群满脸忧伤的女人。 It tormented me all day - had I said the wrong thing and hurt her feelings?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 a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone hit someone where it hurtsidiom ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose prey prey on something put someone through something put upon tyranny uncared for use victimization victimize Related wordtormentor Examples of tormentingtormenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Towards the end, the viola presented a memorably ardent cantabile rendering of the keening lament, brutally interrupted by tormenting tutti interjections. Neighbours are spreading nasty rumours and are tormenting her. Freud, after all, understood well that most tormenting was the battle of the self against the self, the battle against and within - the battle to transcend - one's own subjectivity. There are certain variations in which this tormenting dilemma has presented itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the real nature of this tormenting question of proliferation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are tormenting questions, which must be answered and the answers are in the vision that we want to serve. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These are some of the questions which are tormenting the minds of so many people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should give these powers without tormenting ourselves as to hypothetical misuse or folly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the difficulties tormenting him tonight, but my contribution will reveal a totally opposite point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to give the name of this woman because she is trying very hard to come through this terrible, tormenting experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An immense amount of police time is wasted on cases that never go to court, which is frustrating for the police and tormenting for the victim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the moral difference between the cruelty inflicted on domestic animals, which is not lawful, and the tormenting of wild animals, which is currently lawful? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is also tormenting many of us a moral dilemma, which increases rather than diminishes with each month that passes and every new destructive achievement of science. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It slowly digests the souls of those it devours, keeping it satisfied and tormenting those whom it devoured. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The only meal left is a precocious worm with a mischievous attitude who delights in teasing and tormenting the hungry rooster. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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