| 单词 | torn |
| 释义 | torn (once / 219 pages) adj Torn things have been pulled apart or ripped. Things can be literally torn, like a torn piece of paper, or figuratively torn — like your torn heart when you have to take sides in a family feud. You can serve a salad full of torn lettuce leaves, or mend a stuffed animal with a torn ear. In both cases, something has been divided by force, or pulled apart. It's also possible to be emotionally torn, or conflicted between two choices, options, or people: "I'm torn between going to the party or staying home and reading my library book." Either way, torn things are difficult (and sometimes impossible) to repair. WORD FAMILYtorn: torner+/tear: teared, tearful, tearing, tearless, tears, tore, torn/tearful: tearfully, tearfulness/tearing: tearingly, tearings/tearless: tearlessly/tore: tores USAGE EXAMPLESFrom age 23 to 41, I ran 2 to 3 miles every single morning, until torn menisci and arthritis hobbled my knees. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) The streets were torn up and gridlocked during the construction, which unleashed a pestilence of rats through the neighborhood. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) He says the houses torn down were among the city’s worst. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj disrupted by the pull of contrary forces torn between love and hate torn by conflicting loyalties torn by religious dissensions Syn divided separated into parts or pieces 2adj having edges that are jagged from injury Syn lacerate, lacerated, mangled injured harmed |
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