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torture

美 [ˈtɔːrtʃər]英 [ˈtɔːtʃə(r)]
  • 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

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noun

1

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。

2

(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

1

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。

2

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。

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torture

频次

  • 1
    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。

  • 2
    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。

  • 3
    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

1
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
2
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Synonym: distortion overrefinement straining twisting
3
intense feelings of suffering;acute mental or physical pain
an agony of doubt
the torments of the damned
Synonym: agony torment
4
extreme mental distress
Synonym: anguish torment
5
unbearable physical pain
Synonym: torment

verb

1
subject to torture
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
Synonym: excruciate torment
2
torment emotionally or mentally
Synonym: torment excruciate rack

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  1. The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture .

    犯人受到蓄意折磨。

  2. 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。

  3. He was tortured into giving them the information .

    他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。

  4. 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。

  5. The interview was sheer torture from start to finish .

    这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。

  6. Many of the refugees have suffered torture .

    许多难民都遭受过拷打。

  7. His confessions were made under torture .

    他被屈打成招。

  8. I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons .

    我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。

  9. Three members of the group had been tortured to death

    该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。

  10. 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。

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

    他不愿与她争辩,让她更痛苦。

  12. It says torture and summary execution are common

    那上面称酷刑和草草处决很常见。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed

    法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。

  18. 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。

  19. Waiting for the result was torture

    等待结果的过程是一种折磨。

  20. 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。

  21. There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates .

    一直有报道称犯人被施以电刑。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. He tortured and mutilated six young men

    他严刑拷问了6名年轻男子。

  25. 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。

  26. No torture would make him speak .

    任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。

  27. 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。

  28. 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。

  29. He was subject to a full measure of Humiliating Torture in all these years .

    多年来他受尽刑辱。

  30. Torture failed to make her submit .

    严刑拷打未使她屈服。

后缀
e-表名词

culture n. 文化

cult- 耕种 + -ure 表名词

departure n. 离开

depart v.启程 + -ure 表名词

figure n. 图形

fig 形成,塑造 + -ure 表名词

lecture n. 演讲

lect- 讲,读 + -ure 表名词

mixture n. 混合物

mixt vt.配制 + -ure 表名词

nature n. 自然界

nat 出生,诞生 + -ure 表名词

picture n. 相片

pict 描绘,画 + -ure 表名词

mature v. (情感和认识)成熟

mat- 成熟 + -ure 表名词

measure v. 测量,度量,计量

meas 计量,测量 + -ure 表名词

pressure n. 压力

press 按,压 + -ure 表名词

procedure n. (商业、法律或政治上的)程序

pro- 向前,在前 + ced 行走,服从 + -ure 表名词

agriculture n. 农业

agri- 田地,农业 + cult 耕种;培养 + -ure 表名词

architecture n. 建筑学

architect n.建筑师 + -ure 表名词

capture vt. 俘虏

capt 抓住,获取 + -ure 表名词

exposure n. 面临,遭受(危险或不快)

ex- 出,出去 + pos 放置 + -ure 表名词

failure n. 失败

fail v.失败 + -ure 表名词

feature n. 特色

feat- 做,制作 + -ure 表名词

gesture n. 手势

gest 带来,产生 + -ure 表名词

manufacture vt. 制造

manu 手 + fact 做,制作 + -ure 表名词

moisture n. 潮湿

moist adj.微湿的 + -ure 表名词

structure n. 结构

struct 建造,建立 + -ure 表名词

venture n. (尤指有风险的)企业,商业,投机活动,经营项目

vent- 来 + -ure 表名词

nurture vt. 养育

nurt 营养 + -ure 表名词

sculpture n. 雕塑

sculpt v.雕刻 + -ure 表名词

texture n. 纹理

text 编织 + -ure 表名词

fracture n. (指事实)骨折

fract 打碎 + -ure 表名词

brochure n. 小册子

broch 刺 + -ure 表名词