【torment音标】 英[ˈtɔːment] 美[ˈtɔːrment]
【单词释义】 torment是什么意思：
n.折磨；痛苦；痛苦的根源v.折磨，使痛苦；使烦扰；捉弄
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
[单词复数] torments [第三人称单数] torments
[单词现在分词] tormenting
[单词过去式] tormented
[单词过去分词] tormented
【torment形近词/近似词】
element n.基本部分，要素；[化]元素
garment n.(一件)衣服
augment vt.增强，加强；增加
payment n.付款，支付；支付款项，支付额
segment n.部分，段落；片段；环节；(柑橘、柠檬等的)瓣 v.分割，划分；[生]使分裂
【单词例句】
◇ One day he had gone into the forest to gather wood, where he was approached by an old man, whom he had never seen before, and who said, "Why do you torment yourself with chopping wood? I will make you rich if you will promise me that which is standing behind your mill."
有一天，他到森林里去砍柴，一个他从没见过的老头走近前来对他说：“你何苦这么辛苦地砍柴呀？只要你答应把你磨房后的东西给我，我就让你过富人的日子。”