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torture

英 /ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/美 /ˈtɔːrtʃər/
  • n.
    拷打，拷问，酷刑逼供；折磨，煎熬；变形
  • v.
    拷打，拷问，严刑逼供；造成精神上的巨大痛苦，使忧虑；扭曲
复数tortures
第三人称单数tortures
现在分词torturing
过去式tortured
过去分词tortured
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词语例句

  1. 拷打，拷问，酷刑逼供n.

    • I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.

      我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。

    • His confessions were made under torture.

      他被屈打成招。

  2. 折磨，煎熬un.

    六级

    • The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.

      这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。

    • Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture, and that he was humiliated constantly by his father.

      有报道称，他曾遭受过毒打和精神折磨，还经常受到父亲的羞辱。

  3. 拷打，拷问，严刑逼供vt.

    四级

    • Despite being tortured she proclaimed her innocence.

      尽管受到拷打，她仍声称自己是清白的。

    • Dog-fighting victims are tortured and killed for profit and "sport", yet their criminal abusers often receive a minimal sentence for causing a lifetime of pain.

      斗狗的受害者因为利益和“运动”而被折磨和杀害，然而他们的施虐者虽然给受害者造成了终生的痛苦，却只获得了最轻的判决。

  4. 造成精神上的巨大痛苦，使忧虑vt.

    • He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.

      他不会通过和她争吵而进一步折磨她。

  1. Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
    许多难民都遭受过拷打。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.
    他不会通过和她争吵而进一步折磨她。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.
    我相信在文明国家酷刑早就废止了。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

网络短语

  • Torture Test
    稳定性测试；拷问试验；疲劳试验；拷问测试
  • Torture Money
    扭曲的金钱；金钱万恶
  • Water torture
    用水折磨；情况好似水刑；水刑；水酷刑
  • Torture-o-Matic 2
    火柴人的痛苦指数
  • Torture Garden
    邪恶花园；拷问花园；唱片名

词语扩展

vt.
harrycolourworrytroubletear
折磨；拷问；歪曲
n.
violenceordeal
折磨；拷问；歪曲
adj.
torturous折磨人的，痛苦的
n.
torturer虐待者，拷问者
  • sorrow/agony/grief/anguish/torment/distress/misery/torture
    • sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
    • agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
    • grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
    • anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
    • torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
    • distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
    • misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
    • torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。

词义分布

折磨
79.5%
拷问
9.8%
拷打
6.6%
煎熬
1.6%
刑
1%
熬煎
0.6%
上刑
0.4%
苦闷
0.4%

英英释义

  • n.extreme mental distress
  • n.unbearable physical pain
  • n.intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  • n.the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
  • n.the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
  • v.torment emotionally or mentally
  1. v.
    to deliberately cause someone terrible pain
    折磨；虐待；拷打

词源

  • torture折磨，痛苦，拷问，拷打
    词根词缀： -tort-扭,拧 + -ure名词词尾
  • torture拷问，拷打，折磨，痛苦
    来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torment.-ure,名词后缀。引词义拷问， 折磨。