severe physical or mental suffering
(肉体、精神上的)折磨,痛苦
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their deaths have left both families in torment .他们的死令两家人都极为痛苦。
[count noun]a cause of such suffering
折磨,痛苦的原因
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the journey must have been a torment for them .这次旅行一定让他们吃尽了苦头。
cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering
使痛苦,折磨
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he was tormented by jealousy .他饱受嫉妒之苦。
annoy or provoke in a deliberately unkind way
纠缠;烦扰
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every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone .每天都有孩子们来纠缠我,因为他们知道我一人独处。
"Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture): from Old French