| 词汇 | be torn |
| 释义 | be tornbe torn a) if you are torn, you are unable to decide what to do because you have different feelings or different things that you want 左右为难，难以取舍；〔心理或情感上〕被折磨 be torn between She was torn between her love of dancing and her fear of performing in public. 她内心充满矛盾，既热爱舞蹈又害怕公开表演。 He was torn two ways. 他左右为难。 Jess was torn by anger and worry. 杰斯的内心被愤怒和忧虑撕扯着。 b) EFFECT/INFLUENCEif a country or group is torn, it is divided because people in it have very different ideas and are arguing or fighting with each other 〔国家或团体〕饱受〔内部不和、争斗的〕痛苦 The country was torn by civil war. 该国饱受内战之苦。 She spent two months in the war-torn city. 她在这个饱受战争之苦的城市里待了两个月。 Examples from the Corpus tear between• I was torn between altruism and self-interest.• I was torn between being an artist and being a physicist.• Theodora was torn between curiosity and irritation.• Stella was torn between getting it right and being manhandled by Meredith.• Serena is torn between her sisterly love and her annoyance with Stella's aggressive insecurity.• According to Marie Pastor, Macchio was torn between his girlfriend, Phyllis, who became his wife, and his career.• Gould was torn between the need to preserve his specimens and the desire to keep them a secret.• That way the child will not be torn between the two. → be torn at tear2(1) |
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