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torture ★★★☆☆
/tɔ͟ː(r)tʃə(r)/
1
[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.
  [be V-ed]
  [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。

  • 2
    [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。

  • 3
    [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。


  • Oxford
    tor·ture / ˈtɔːtʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈtɔːrtʃər /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    torture tortures tortured torturing
    noun [uncountable ,  countable ] 1 the 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 ] 1 to 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。 2 torturesb 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·turer torturer torturers / ˈtɔːtʃərə(r) ; NAmE ˈtɔːrtʃərər / noun
    tor·ture / ˈtɔːtʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈtɔːrtʃər / tor·turer / ˈtɔːtʃərə(r) ; NAmE ˈtɔːrtʃərər /
    LDC
    torture1 noun
    torture2 verb
    torturetor‧ture1 /ˈtɔːtʃə $ ˈtɔːrtʃər/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]
    Word Origin
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    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]
    Verb Table
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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 mentally SYN  torment:  Rachel sat alone for hours at home, tortured by jealousy.torturer noun [countable]
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