torture

英['tɔːtʃə(r)] 美['tɔːrtʃər]
  • n. 拷问；痛苦
  • vt. 拷问；使痛苦；曲解
torturer tortured tortured torturing tortures
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  • torah n.教律；律法；圣经旧约之首五卷

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 拷问，折磨，拷打
    2. 酷刑，严刑，刑讯
    3. 歪曲，扭曲，曲解
    4. 苦恼
    5. 严刑拷打
    6. 压迫
    7. 折磨人的事物，使人痛苦的原因
    8. 折磨的手段，拷问的方法
    9. 剧痛，痛苦
    10. 猛烈的扭曲、摇撼
    v. (动词)
    1. 拷问，折磨，拷打，严刑逼供，使受煎熬，虐待
    2. 歪曲，扭曲，曲解
    3. 使为难
    4. 扭弯，扭折
    5. 拼命地熬住
    6. 啮蚀
    7. 使痛苦
    8. 使苦恼
    9. 使焦急
    n. (名词)
    1. [U][C]拷问,刑讯 the act of causing sb severe physical pain
    2. [U][C]折磨; 痛苦 severe pain or suffering caused in the mind or body
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 折磨 inflict severe pain on sb

英英释义

Noun:
  1. extreme mental distress

  2. unbearable physical pain

  3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;

    "an agony of doubt"
    "the torments of the damned"

  4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

  5. 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"

Verb:
  1. torment emotionally or mentally

  2. subject to torture;

    "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

双语例句

1. 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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2. 2,000 prisoners died as a result of torture and maltreatment.
2,000名犯人死于拷打和虐待。

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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The use of torture must disgust any civilized person.
      施用酷刑必为文明社会的人所不齿。
    2. Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim.
      严刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都丧失人性。
    3. She suffered the torture of toothache.
      她因牙痛而痛苦。
    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. He tortured his prisoners.
      他拷打犯人。
    2. He was tortured with anxiety.
      他为焦虑所苦。
    3. Winds tortured the trees.
      风把树吹得歪歪斜斜。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The torture made him confess.
      严刑拷打使他招供了。
    2. She suffered tortures from a toothache.
      她受着牙痛的折磨。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. They tortured the prisoner until he made a confession.
      他们对犯人施以酷刑,直到他招供。
    2. Why do we have to keep on torturing ourselves by taking about it?
      为什么我们要一直谈论那件事让自己痛苦呢?
    3. That cruel boy tortures animals.
      那个残忍的男孩虐待动物。
    4. Winds tortured the trees.
      风把树吹得东倒西歪。
    5. They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
      他们拷打那人,使他招认他的罪行。
    6. The illness tortured the man to death.
      疾病把这人折磨致死。
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    7. He was caught by the British and tortured.
      他落入英国人之手后受到严刑拷打。
    8. Many people are tortured by cancer.
      许多人在受癌症的折磨。
    9. She was tortured by jealousy.
      她为妒忌所苦。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. torture的基本意思是严重折磨某人的身体和精神,使其产生极度痛苦、苦恼和紧张等不良感觉。
  2. torture是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。其宾语后也可接动词不定式作目的状语。
agony，anguish，torment，torture，grief，misery，distress，sorrow
  • 这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
  • agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
  • 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。
  • sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
    • 用作名词 (n.)
    动词+～ 形容词+～ 介词+～ ～+介词
    用作动词 (v.)
    ～+名词 ～+副词 ～+介词

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