[VERB 动词]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.
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[V n]
French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
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。
Torture is also a noun.
...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces...
指控安全部队严刑拷问和谋杀的案例
Many died under torture, others committed suicide…
很多人被酷刑折磨致死,另一些人则选择了自杀。
I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
我还以为这是中世纪的酷刑,早已令人庆幸地不复存在了。
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[VERB 动词]折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼 To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.
[V n]
[V pron-refl]
He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
他不愿与她争辩,让她更痛苦。
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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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
[also a N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Waiting for the result was torture...
等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
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。
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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tor·ture/ˈtɔːtʃə(r); NAmEˈtɔːrtʃər/
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torturetorturestorturedtorturingnoun[uncountable , countable ]1the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth 拷打;拷问;酷刑◆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( informal) mental or physical suffering; sth that causes this (精神上或肉体上的)折磨,痛苦;折磨人的事物◆The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。verb[often passive ]1to hurt sb physically or mentally in order to punish them or make them tell you sth 拷打;拷问;严刑逼供torturesb ◆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。torturesb into doing sth ◆He was tortured into giving them the information.他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。2torturesb to make sb feel extremely unhappy or anxious 使痛苦;使苦恼;使焦急;使受煎熬SYN
torment
◆He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.童年的记忆使他痛苦了一辈子。▶tor·turertorturertorturers/ˈtɔːtʃərə(r); NAmEˈtɔːrtʃərər/nountor·ture/ˈtɔːtʃə(r); NAmEˈtɔːrtʃər/tor·turer/ˈtɔːtʃərə(r); NAmEˈtɔːrtʃərər/
1an act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force them to tell you something, to punish them, or to be cruel: He died after five days of excruciating torture.2severe physical or mental suffering: The waiting must be torture for you.
torture1 noun
torture2 verb
torturetorture2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to deliberately hurt someone in order to force them to give you information, to punish them, or to be cruel: Political opponents of the regime may be tortured.2if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer a lot mentallySYN torment: Rachel sat alone for hours at home, tortured by jealousy.—torturer noun [countable]
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