torture
英 [ˈtɔːtʃə(r)]
美 [ˈtɔːrtʃər]
n. 拷打; 拷问; 酷刑; (精神上或肉体上的)折磨,痛苦; 折磨人的事物
v. 拷打; 拷问; 严刑逼供; 使痛苦; 使苦恼; 使焦急; 使受煎熬
过去分词:tortured 过去式:tortured 现在分词:torturing 复数:tortures 第三人称单数:tortures
Collins.3 / BNC.7091 / COCA.5272
牛津词典
noun
- 拷打;拷问;酷刑
the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth- 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。
- Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
- (精神上或肉体上的)折磨,痛苦;折磨人的事物
mental or physical suffering; sth that causes this- The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。
- The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
verb
- 拷打;拷问;严刑逼供
to hurt sb physically or mentally in order to punish them or make them tell you sth- 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。 - He was tortured into giving them the information.
他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。
- Many of the rebels were captured and tortured by secret police.
- 使痛苦;使苦恼;使焦急;使受煎熬
to make sb feel extremely unhappy or anxious- He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.
童年的记忆使他痛苦了一辈子。
- He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待
If someoneis tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.- 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。 - Tortureis 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。
- French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
- VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
Totorturesomeone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.- 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。
- He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
- N-UNCOUNT 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物
If you say that something istortureor atorture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.- 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。
- Waiting for the result was torture...
英英释义
noun
- 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
- it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- intense feelings of suffering
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- extreme mental distress
- unbearable physical pain
verb
- subject to torture
- The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
- torment emotionally or mentally
双语例句
- Torture failed to make her submit.
严刑拷打未使她屈服。 - The report says there is widespread and routine torture of political prisoners in the country
这份报告称该国一直普遍存在折磨政治犯的现象。 - The idea of being separated from him, even for a few hours, was torture
一想到要和他分开,即便是短短几小时,都感到备受煎熬。 - What I saw made the torture worth it.
我看到的东西就值了那些拷打了。 - This would be sheer torture for a wild mammal;
对野生哺乳动物来说,这算得上是纯粹的折磨了; - He was subject to a full measure of Humiliating Torture in all these years.
多年来他受尽刑辱。 - Is this torture to you?
这对你来说算是折磨吗? - He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her
他不愿与她争辩,让她更痛苦。 - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道和有辱人格的待遇和处罚公约 - No torture would make him speak.
任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。