torment1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈtɒrˌmɛnt]
	      			DJ: [ˈtɒːmеnt]
  
    n.
    
      - 痛苦;苦惱[U][P]
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He suffered 
torments from a bad burn.
他因嚴重燒傷而受痛苦。
 
      - 痛苦(或苦惱)的根源[C][(+to)]
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She is a real 
torment to me.
她真是令我苦惱。
 
    
   
 
  
    
torment2
  
  
	      			KK: [tɒrˈmɛnt]
	      			DJ: [tɒːˈmеnt]
  
    vt.
    
      - 使痛苦,折磨;煩擾[(+with)]
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The guards were accused of 
tormenting the prisoners.
監獄看守被指控折磨囚犯。
 
      - 糾纏;作弄
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She 
torments everyone with her silly questions.
她用那些愚蠢的問題糾纏每一個人。
 
      - 歪曲
 
    
   
  衍生
  
  辨析
  
 
  n.
 severe physical or mental suffering. 
▸a cause of torment.
v.
  - subject to torment.
 - annoy or tease unkindly.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - tormented adj.
  - tormentedly adv.
  - tormenting adj.
  - tormentingly adv.
  - tormentor n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. torment (n.), tormenter (v.), from L. tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.