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

• 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。
• 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 jacket is torn.
  西装上衣撕了。
• Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
  不骗你，离开你让我痛苦万分。
• 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。
• 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 made numerous errors of fact and was torn to pieces during the subsequent question time
  他犯了数不清的事实错误，并在随后的答疑时间中被批得体无完肤。
• 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。
• He had stumbled down and torn the skin from his knees.
  他绊倒在地，膝盖上蹭破了皮。
• He was holding up a pound note that had been torn in half and stuck together with gum.
  他举着一张被撕成两半后又用胶粘在一起的一英镑的钞票。