| 单词 | to be torn between |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be torn between e. to be torn between: to be distracted by (two equal but conflicting desires, emotions, or loyalties). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate between alternatives halt1382 dilemma1687 bedrift1837 pendulate1837 vacillate1841 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1853 to be torn between1871 to play pendulum1893 1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See I. viii. 148 Torn between her desire to underrate Eila and to preserve her own dignity. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. v. xxxv. 110 Agnes, torn between her interest in what was going on and her desire to get back to her mother, had at last hurriedly accepted this Mrs. Sherwood's offer. 1922 T. Wolfe Lett. (1956) ii. 31 The girl Laura, ‘torn between’ (as the saying goes) love for her beaten father and the blunt young apple grower. 1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country ii. viii. 172 Jarvis was torn between compassion and irritation, and he stood and watched uncomfortably. 1971 ‘G. Charles’ Destiny Waltz iii. 104 As usual in such cases he was torn between both sides, angry with Dorn for his patronage of the couple, impatient with them for being what they were. < as lemmas |
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