tormenting is torment's Present Participle

torment

US [tɔrˈment]
UK [tɔː(r)ˈment]
  • v.折磨；使混乱；欺负；拷问
  • n.拷问；讨厌[麻烦]的东西；〈古〉拷问台
  • Web折磨的；使痛苦的；使苦恼的
Plural Form：torments  Present Participle：tormenting  Past Tense：tormented  

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n.
1.
苦痛,苦恼,苛责,拷问;讨厌[麻烦]的东西;〈古〉拷问台
v.
1.
使苦恼,使痛苦,折磨;使混乱;欺负,虐待;拷问

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AllAll,折磨折磨,使混乱使混乱,欺负欺负,拷问拷问,讨厌[麻烦]的东西讨厌[麻烦]的东西,〈古〉拷问台〈古〉拷问台,折磨的折磨的,使痛苦的使痛苦的,使苦恼的使苦恼的
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1.
An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way , tormenting himself with his own prickles . Thomas Hood, British poet.
易怒的人像一只反过来卷缩的刺猬，用自己的刺折磨自己。英国诗人胡德。
yì nù de rén xiàng yī zhī fǎn guò lái juǎn suō de cì wei , yòng zì jǐ de cì zhé mó zì jǐ 。 yīng guó shī rén hú dé 。
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2.
A piercing mournful wail cut through the air, as if intent on tormenting the weak of heart.
一阵尖锐的、凄惨的叫声在空中盘旋了一阵，好像故意在绞痛这些人的脆弱的心。
yí zhèn jiān ruì de 、 qī cǎn de jiào shēng zài kōng zhōng pán xuán le yí zhèn , hǎo xiàng gù yì zài jiǎo tòng zhè xiē rén de cuì ruò de xīn 。
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3.
English Sentence An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles.
易怒的人象一只反过来蜷缩的刺猬，用自己的刺折磨自己。
yì nù de rén xiàng yī zhī fǎn guò lái quán suō de cì wei , yòng zì jǐ de cì zhé mó zì jǐ 。
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To seasoned investors, last week's sharp market swings were a fresh reminder of a problem tormenting financial markets: moral hazard.
投资老手来说，上周剧烈的市场波动再次表明困扰着金融市场的一个问题：道德风险。
tóu zī lǎo shǒu lái shuō , shàng zhōu jù liè de shì chǎng bō dòng zài cì biǎo míng kùn rǎo zhe jīn róng shì chǎng de yī gè wèn tí : dào dé fēng xiǎn 。
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5.
Tormenting United's central defenders is one of his favourite pastimes.
而折磨曼联的中后卫，是他最喜爱的消遣之一。
ér zhé mó màn lián de zhōng hòu wèi , shì tā zuì xǐ ài de xiāo qiǎn zhī yī 。
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6.
But alas ! The very act of concentration seemed to make me more wakeful than ever , and I would pass hours in tormenting sleeplessness .
但是，天哪！高度集中的精力让我比任何时候都清醒，我不得不在折磨人的失眠中捱过几个钟头。
dàn shì , tiān nǎ ! gāo dù jí zhōng de jīng lì ràng wǒ bǐ rèn hé shí hou dōu qīng xǐng , wǒ bù dé bù zài zhé mó rén de shī mián zhōng ái guò jǐ gè zhōng tóu 。
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Those with this type of genealogy have no compassion and derive pleasure from tormenting others.
那些该类型宗谱者是没有同情心的，并从折磨他人中获得乐趣。
nà xiē gāi lèi xíng zōng pǔ zhě shì méi yǒu tóng qíng xīn de , bìng cóng zhé mó tā rén zhōng huò de lè qù 。
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8.
And probably no one so much as Dostoevsky has managed to give the absurd world such familiar and tormenting charms.
大概没有那个作家能够达到陀思妥耶夫斯基的层次，能够赋于这个荒谬世界如此亲切而又令人痛苦的魅力。
dà gài méi yǒu nà ge zuò jiā néng gòu dá dào tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī de céng cì , néng gòu fù yú zhè ge huāng miù shì jiè rú cǐ qīn qiè ér yòu lìng rén tòng kǔ de mèi lì 。
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9.
Her innocent, candid soul does not divine how tormenting such small intimacies can be.
她天真浪漫，心怀坦诚，猜不到这种轻微的接触有多么折磨人。
tā tiān zhēn làng màn , xīn huái tǎn chéng , cāi bù dào zhè zhǒng qīng wēi de jiē chù yǒu duō me zhé mó rén 。
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10.
The old man wanted to exercise his power by tormenting him a little.
老人是要显显威风，存心折磨他。
lǎo rén shì yào xiǎn xiǎn wēi fēng , cún xīn zhé mó tā 。
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