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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• having edges that are jagged from injury
  Synonym:laceratelaceratedmangled
• disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
  1. torn between love and hate
  2. torn by conflicting loyalties
  3. torn by religious dissensions

双语例句

• War and revolution have torn families apart.
  战争和革命导致许多家庭妻离子散。
• The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
  那个凳子的红色塑料座面已经破旧不堪。
• She had matted hair and torn dusty clothes.
  她蓬头乱发，衣衫褴褛，满是灰尘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The shirt is torn.
  衬衫撕破了。
• Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
  好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
• Two pages had been torn out of the book.
  这本书有两页被撕去了。
• The jacket is torn.
  西装上衣撕了。