be torn

释义

1. be torn (between A and B)

   （在两者间）难以选择，左右为难

   to be unable to decide or choose between two people, things or feelings

   I was torn between my parents and my friend.我在父母和朋友之间左右为难。

电影里这样说 · 7 部

• You cannot always be torn in two.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• "He who will not be saved by the lamb will be torn by the beast."The Omen1976
• So he'll be torn to pieces.Deux Frères2004
• It looked like it was waiting to be torn down.Fight Club1999
• The Torn Prince.Thir13en Ghosts2001
• It's all torn up.The Holdovers2023
• ...flat that Torn kept for Myrtle...The Great Gatsby2013
• You've torn your book.The Spanish Prisoner1997

在完整场景里学

• 搏击俱乐部1999
  • 枪管塞嘴里的倒计时：controlled demolition（受控爆破）
  • 互助小组里抱头痛哭：assume the worst（往最坏处想）
  • 两个假病号互相拆穿：the big tourist（蹭体验的外人）
• 了不起的盖茨比2013
  • 向医生讲起邻居盖茨比：reserve all judgments（先不下判断）
  • 家宴与电话风波：have the decency（懂点分寸）
  • 公寓派对从狂欢到翻脸：sit on the sideline（袖手旁观）

同一词条的短语

• tear apart, to shreds, to bits
• tear at your heart
• tear your hair
• a tearing hurry
• tear off a strip
• that's torn it
• tear the heart out of
• tear limb from limb
• break loose from
• in one piece
• in shreds
• tear apart

习语频道里接下来

• do the trick
• not a bit
• a needle in a haystack
• get out of your system
• go your separate ways
• hands up
• in a manner of speaking
• pick up the pieces
• go back a long way
• have a soft spot for
• in this day and age
• neither here nor there