torture

torture音标

英 [ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)]

美 [ˈtɔ:rtʃə(r)]

torture基本释义

n.拷问；痛苦

vt.拷问；使痛苦；曲解

torture用法及例句

n.(名词)

拷问，折磨，拷打

酷刑，严刑，刑讯

歪曲，扭曲，曲解

苦恼

严刑拷打

压迫

折磨人的事物，使人痛苦的原因

折磨的手段，拷问的方法

剧痛，痛苦

猛烈的扭曲、摇撼

v.(动词)

拷问，折磨，拷打，严刑逼供，使受煎熬，虐待

歪曲，扭曲，曲解

使为难

扭弯，扭折

拼命地熬住

啮蚀

使痛苦

使苦恼

使焦急

n.(名词)

[U][C]拷问,刑讯 the act of causing sb severe physical pain

[U][C]折磨; 痛苦 severe pain or suffering caused in the mind or body

v.(动词)

vt. 折磨 inflict severe pain on sb

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

e.g. 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: distortionoverrefinementstrainingtwisting

3. intense feelings of sufferingacute mental or physical pain

e.g. an agony of doubtthe torments of the damned

Synonym: agonytorment

4. extreme mental distress

Synonym: anguishtorment

5. unbearable physical pain

Synonym: torment

verb

1. subject to torture

e.g. The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

Synonym: excruciatetorment

2. torment emotionally or mentally

Synonym: tormentexcruciaterack

1. 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.

e.g. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。e.g. Three members of the group had been tortured to death…该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。

2. 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.

e.g. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. Waiting for the result was torture...等待结果的过程是一种折磨。e.g. 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。

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

The torture made him confess.严刑拷打使他招供了。

She suffered tortures from a toothache.她受着牙痛的折磨。

用作动词(v.)

They tortured the prisoner until he made a confession.他们对犯人施以酷刑,直到他招供。

Why do we have to keep on torturing ourselves by taking about it?为什么我们要一直谈论那件事让自己痛苦呢?

That cruel boy tortures animals.那个残忍的男孩虐待动物。

Winds tortured the trees.风把树吹得东倒西歪。

They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.他们拷打那人,使他招认他的罪行。

The illness tortured the man to death.疾病把这人折磨致死。

He was caught by the British and tortured.他落入英国人之手后受到严刑拷打。

Many people are tortured by cancer.许多人在受癌症的折磨。

She was tortured by jealousy.她为妒忌所苦。

用作名词 (n.)

employ〔use〕 torture使用酷刑

suffer the torture受折磨

severe torture严刑拷打

terrible torture可怕的折磨

be in torture在痛苦中

instruments of torture刑具

die under torture折磨而死

torture by fire火刑

torture to sb对某人的折磨

用作动词 (v.)

torture oneself自我折磨

torture the prisoners给犯人施酷刑

torture bitterly充满仇恨地折磨

torture continuously继续折磨

torture frequently不断地折磨

torture horribly可怕地折磨

torture impudently厚颜无耻地折磨

torture intermittently断断续续地折磨

torture irrationally荒谬地折磨

torture painfully痛苦地折磨

torture physically身体上折磨

torture repeatedly多次地折磨

torture ruthlessly〔scathingly〕无情地折磨

torture savagely野蛮地折磨

torture secretly秘密地折磨

torture seriously严重折磨

torture unmercifully恶狠狠地折磨

torture villainously罪恶地折磨

torture by以…折磨

torture into施刑迫使(某人)…

torture into confessing在受刑后被迫招供

torture to death被折磨致死

torture with以…折磨

torture with anxiety为烦恼所苦

His tension mounts, and the last quarter hour before they meet is sheer torture.

出自：J. Moynahan

词语用法

词源解说

v.(动词)

torture的基本意思是严重折磨某人的身体和精神,使其产生极度痛苦、苦恼和紧张等不良感觉。

torture是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。其宾语后也可接动词不定式作目的状语。

☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的torture，意为剧痛；*初源自晚期拉丁语的tortura，意为扭弯。

近义词

临近词

torment

misery

torturesome

torus

torture oneself

torture track

torturer

torturedly

torture into

torture by

torture center

torture tools

torture with

tortuous

相关列句

For many, the dentist's office remains a torture chamber.(对许多人来说，牙科诊室仍是一间行刑室。)

The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.(这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。)

He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.(他不会通过和她争吵而进一步折磨她。)

France had torture instruments to the rack：the chevalet.(法国有酷刑工具架：琴马。)

2,000 prisoners died as a result of torture and maltreatment.(两千名囚犯因拷问和虐待而死。)

I say, Torture this one.(我说，折磨这个吧。)

UNAMA said the torture aimed to obtain information and confessions, which it said are often the sole form of evidence submitted in Afghan criminal trials.(联阿援助团说，酷刑的目的是获取信息和口供，在阿富汗的刑事审判中，信息和口供往往是唯一的证据。)

The report says torture was widespread, as were extra-judicial executions by government troops.(报告称滥用刑法非常普遍，*府*队将其作为司法程序之外的判决。)

No torture would make him speak.(任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。)

They have alleged that acts of genocide and torture were carried out.(他们声称实施了大屠杀和酷刑。)