torn

1. 
   Torn is the past participle of tear .
2. ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;举棋不定的
   If you are torn between two 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。

1. They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees.
   他们拆掉了木栅栏，并砍去了一些树枝。
2. 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。
3. He suffered torn ligaments in his knee.
   他膝关节韧带拉伤了。
4. 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。
5. She had matted hair and torn dusty clothes.
   她蓬头乱发，衣衫褴褛，满是灰尘。
6. 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。
7. His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
   他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
8. 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。
9. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
   撕裂的肌肉会收缩，丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。
10. 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。
11. His torn clothes were soaked in blood.
    他撕破的衣服被鲜血浸透了。
12. Their uniforms are torn and sooty.
    他们的制服破破烂烂的，沾满了烟尘。
13. His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
    他的头上缠满了一层层用床单撕成的绷带。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. He had stumbled down and torn the skin from his knees.
    他绊倒在地，膝盖上蹭破了皮。
17. War and revolution have torn families apart.
    战争和革命导致许多家庭妻离子散。
18. 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。
19. Fame hasn't torn her away from her beloved Liverpool
    功成名就之后她还是舍不得离开她深爱的利物浦。
20. Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
    好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles.
    被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛
24. The sails are torn; they won't catch the wind.
    帆破了，兜不住风。
25. 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。
26. The old houses have been torn [ pulled] down.
    那些旧房子已经拆掉了。
27. The jacket is torn.
    西装上衣撕了。
28. Two pages had been torn out of the book.
    这本书有两页被撕去了。
29. I've torn a calf muscle.
    我小腿肌肉被拉伤了。
30. The shirt is torn.
    衬衫撕破了。

adj

1. having edges that are jagged from injury

   Synonym:    laceratelaceratedmangled

2. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
   1. torn between love and hate
   2. torn by conflicting loyalties
   3. torn by religious dissensions