| 单词 | torture |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)] 美[ˈtɔrtʃə(r)] |
| 解释 | n.拷问;折磨;痛苦;（精神上或肉体上的）折磨;vt.使痛苦;使苦恼;使焦急;曲解; |
| 例句 | 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. 例：French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。 例：Three members of the group had been tortured to death…该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。 VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼 To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. 例：He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。 例：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。 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. 例：Waiting for the result was torture...等待结果的过程是一种折磨。 例：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。 |
| 变形 | third:tortures~done:tortured~pl:tortures~ing:torturing~past:tortured~ |
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