torn
英 [tɔːn]
美 [tɔːrn]
adj. 犹豫的;举棋不定的
v. 撕裂; 撕碎; 扯破; 戳破; 撕开,划成,刺出,扯开(裂口或洞); 拉掉; 撕掉; 拔掉; 扯掉
tear的过去分词
过去分词:torn
Collins.1 / BNC.12597 / COCA.9843
柯林斯词典
Tornis the past participle oftear.- ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;举棋不定的
If you aretorn betweentwo or more things, you cannot decide which to choose, and so you feel anxious or troubled.- Robb is torn between becoming a doctor and a career in athletics...
罗布在做医生还是当运动员之间痛苦抉择,左右为难。 - I know the administration was very torn on this subject.
我知道政府在这个问题上犹豫不决,不知该何去何从。
- Robb is torn between becoming a doctor and a career in athletics...
英英释义
adj
- having edges that are jagged from injury
- disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
- torn between love and hate
- torn by conflicting loyalties
- torn by religious dissensions
双语例句
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.
那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。 - Most of the older buildings have been torn down and replaced by modern monstrosities.
大部分旧建筑已被拆除,取而代之的是丑陋的现代建筑物。 - The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.
警察很幸运,比我先找到了他。不然我真会把他大卸八块的。 - Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。 - The sails are torn; they won't catch the wind.
帆破了,兜不住风。 - He went ashore leaving me to start repairing the torn sail.
他上岸去了,留下我修理被撕破的船帆。 - He had stumbled down and torn the skin from his knees.
他绊倒在地,膝盖上蹭破了皮。 - But, two-and-a-half years later, things haven't quite gone to plan and Stanley's dreams of fame and fortune lie tattered and torn.
但是,两年半之后,事情并未如愿发展,斯坦利追求名利的梦想完全破灭了。 - His torn clothes were soaked in blood.
他撕破的衣服被鲜血浸透了。 - Their uniforms are torn and sooty.
他们的制服破破烂烂的,沾满了烟尘。