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torture n.折磨,痛苦,拷问,拷打 vt.拷问,曲解,折磨,使弯曲 The word torture comes from the word for "harm." It can refer to the deliberate infliction of physical or mental suffering in order to punish or obtain information; the act of distorting something, so it means something it wasn't intended to mean; or extreme mental distress or unbearable physical pain not necessarily inflicted by another. ★★★☆☆ 1997.6

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['tɔ:tʃə(r)] To torture is to torment or purposefully put someone through intense pain or agony. This view, which holds that torturing a monkey is morally equivalent to chopping wood, may seem bravely “logical”. 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。

英语单词	torture
英美音标	['tɔ:tʃə(r)]
中文释义	n.折磨,痛苦,拷问,拷打 vt.拷问,曲解,折磨,使弯曲
vocab简明	To torture is to torment or purposefully put someone through intense pain or agony.
vocab扩展	The word torture comes from the word for "harm." It can refer to the deliberate infliction of physical or mental suffering in order to punish or obtain information; the act of distorting something, so it means something it wasn't intended to mean; or extreme mental distress or unbearable physical pain not necessarily inflicted by another.
真题原句	This view, which holds that torturing a monkey is morally equivalent to chopping wood, may seem bravely “logical”.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	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。
来源	1997.6

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