torture
- n.折磨;酷刑;(精神上或肉体上的)痛苦;拷打;拷问;折磨人的事物
- vt.使痛苦;拷打;拷问;严刑逼供;使苦恼;使焦急;使受煎熬
复数： tortures 派生词： torturer n. 过去式： tortured 现在分词： torturing 过去分词： tortured 第三人称单数： tortures
tort 卷缩 + -ure 表名词
torturenoun
拷打；拷问；酷刑
the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth
Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
许多难民都遭受过拷打。
the use of torture
施酷刑
terrible instruments of torture
可怕的刑讯工具
His confessions were made under torture .
他被屈打成招。
I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.
我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。
（精神上或肉体上的）折磨，痛苦；折磨人的事物
mental or physical suffering; sth that causes this
The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。
verb
拷打；拷问；严刑逼供
to hurt sb physically or mentally in order to punish them or make them tell you sth
Many of the rebels were captured and tortured by secret police.
反叛者中许多人被捕并遭受到秘密警察的酷刑。
He was tortured into giving them the information.
他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。
使痛苦；使苦恼；使焦急；使受煎熬
to make sb feel extremely unhappy or anxious
He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.
童年的记忆使他痛苦了一辈子。
torture
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VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待
If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
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VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
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N-UNCOUNT 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物
If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.Waiting for the result was torture...
等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
noun
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- 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
- it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
- Synonym: torturing
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- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- Synonym: distortion overrefinement straining twisting
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- intense feelings of suffering;acute mental or physical pain
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- Synonym: agony torment
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- extreme mental distress
- Synonym: anguish torment
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- unbearable physical pain
- Synonym: torment
verb
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- subject to torture
- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
- Synonym: excruciate torment
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- torment emotionally or mentally
- Synonym: torment excruciate rack
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The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture .
犯人受到蓄意折磨。
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It is my understanding that this torture has been going on for many years
据我了解，这种折磨已经持续很多年了。
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He was tortured into giving them the information .
他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。
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Many of the rebels were captured and tortured by secret police .
反叛者中许多人被捕并遭受到秘密警察的酷刑。
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The interview was sheer torture from start to finish .
这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。
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Many of the refugees have suffered torture .
许多难民都遭受过拷打。
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His confessions were made under torture .
他被屈打成招。
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I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons .
我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。
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Three members of the group had been tortured to death
该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
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Learning — something she had always loved — became a torture .
学习——她一直喜欢的事情——变成了一种痛苦。
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He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her
他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
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It says torture and summary execution are common
那上面称酷刑和草草处决很常见。
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For many , the dentist 's surgery remains a torture chamber .
对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
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I believed that in civilized countries , torture had ended long ago .
我原以为在文明国家，严刑拷打早已销声匿迹。
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The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture
被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。
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The idea of being separated from him , even for a few hours , was torture
一想到要和他分开，即便是短短几小时，都感到备受煎熬。
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French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed
法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
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They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence .
他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
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Waiting for the result was torture
等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
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The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture .
这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
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There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates .
一直有报道称犯人被施以电刑。
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She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend .
她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
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He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position .
意识到自己的立场本身难以解释清楚，他备受折磨。
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He tortured and mutilated six young men
他严刑拷问了6名年轻男子。
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The report says torture was widespread , as were extra-judicial executions by government troops .
报告说酷刑普遍存在，政府军法外行刑也屡见不鲜。
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No torture would make him speak .
任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。
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Through those long years of imprisonment and torture , he remained faithful and unyielding .
在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里，他始终坚贞不屈。
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Accounts of cruel tortures in the jails of the reactionary government would curl one 's hair .
关于反动政府监狱里酷刑情况的介绍听了会叫人毛骨悚然。
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He was subject to a full measure of Humiliating Torture in all these years .
多年来他受尽刑辱。
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Torture failed to make her submit .
严刑拷打未使她屈服。