| 单词 | torn |
| 释义 | torn (tɔːʳn ) 1. B1 Torn is the past participle of tear2. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are torn between two or more things, you cannot decide which to choose, and so you feel anxious or troubled. Robb is torn between becoming a doctor and a career in athletics. [+ between] I know the administration was very torn on this subject. Synonyms: undecided, divided, uncertain, split Collocations: torn clothes Warning signs include a reluctance to go to school, missing belongings or torn clothes and unexplained illness. Times, Sunday Times They set out with nothing except the torn clothes they are wearing, begging for food along the way. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She wanders the streets in torn clothes talking to herself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Naturally, being a rope tow, guests regularly complained about sore hands and torn clothes resulting from using the lift. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The other apostle wears torn clothes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He moved towards a purer abstraction, with works based on collage studies that were assembled from randomly selected bits of torn paper and old drawings. Times, Sunday Times In one exhibit he hurled himself through a paper screen, creating a work of art from the torn paper. Times, Sunday Times I tried to create something with almost nothing and the idea of torn paper came from it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For each camera angle the image had a different shape and size with an edge looked rough, like torn paper. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fresh gum may interfere with the small strands of torn paper or even form small droplets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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