torture

['tɔ:tʃə]

n.拷问, 痛苦
vt.拷问, 使痛苦, 曲解

n.

1. 拷打, 酷刑; 拷问[U]

Many of the POWs died under torture.

许多战俘被折磨致死。

2. 折磨, 痛苦[C][U][(+of)][+to-v]

She suffered tortures from a toothache.

她受牙痛的折磨。

The sight of his sick brother was torture to him.

看到他生病的哥哥那副样子令他非常痛苦。

3. 歪曲; 扭曲[U]

vt.

1. 拷打; 拷问[O][O2]

The police tortured him to confess his crime.

警察拷打他, 逼他招供。

2. 折磨; 使为难[H][(+with/by)]

He was tortured with anxiety.

他为焦虑所苦。

3. 歪曲; 扭曲

Winds tortured the trees.

风把树吹得歪歪斜斜。

词形变化

名词: torturer | 动词过去式: tortured | 动词过去分词: tortured | 动词现在分词: torturing | 动词第三人称单数: tortures |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使痛苦; 使苦恼

pain  distress  afflict  torment  agonize  harrow  inflame  persecute  plague  

同义参见:

grief  hell  rack  punishment  anxiety  pervert  persecution  anguish  oppression  crucify  agony  torment  tantalize  contort  

反义参见:

console  

英英释义

名词 torture:

extreme mental distress

同义词：anguish, torment

unbearable physical pain

同义词：torment

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

同义词：agony, torment

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

同义词：distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting

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

同义词：torturing

动词 torture:

torment emotionally or mentally

同义词：torment, excruciate, rack

subject to torture

同义词：excruciate, torment

补充

torturetorture英:[ˈtɔ:tʃə] 美:[ˈtɔrtʃɚ]n.1.拷问, 刑讯The torture made him confess.严刑拷打使他招供了。2.折磨; 痛苦She suffered tortures from a toothache.她受着牙痛的折磨。vt.1.拷问, 折磨They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。There were several problems which tortured the elderly man.有几个问题折磨着那老人。

例句

1. the use of torture用刑 2. her inner torture她内心的痛苦 3. Waiting for the result was torture.等候结果是一种煎熬。 4. It was pure torture.那纯粹是折磨。 5. Three members of the group had been tortured to death.三名团伙成员被拷打致死。 6. prisons where the inmates were tortured犯人遭受拷打的监狱 7. Stop torturing that poor animal!别再折磨那只可怜的动物了！ 8. 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来折磨自己。 9. The secret police tortured him to obtain information.秘密警察拷问他以获取情报。 10. They tortured the prisoner to death.他们将犯人拷打致死。 11. The student was tortured with anxiety.这个学生为焦虑所苦。 12. He was tortured by guilt.他因内疚而感到痛苦。 13. They tortured my words.他们曲解了我的话。 14. the trees tortured by the wind被风刮弯的树 15. the torture I've gone through because of loving you so.我因如此爱你而遭受的折磨。 16. dances were absolute torture because I was so small.因为我个子太矮，所以跳舞成了件极痛苦的事。 17. most of the victims had been brutally tortured.绝大多数受害者曾遭受酷刑。 18. he was tortured by grief.他极为悲痛。 19. It's torture having to sit here and listen to him complaining for hours.坐在这里听他发几个小时牢骚真让人吃不消。 20. Most of the prisoners were tortured into making a confession.大部份囚犯都是在严刑拷打下招供的。 21. She was tortured by the thought that the accident was her fault.她认为意外是她造成的，这使她非常痛苦。 22. the torture of prisoners对囚犯的拷问 23. a torture chamber/device刑讯室；刑具 24. Waiting is just torture for me.等待对我而言就是种折磨。 25. Listening to him can be torture.听他讲话可以说是受折磨。 26. The report revealed that prisoners had been repeatedly tortured.该报道披露，囚犯们曾屡次遭到拷打。 27. Don't torture yourself over the mistake.别为这个错误折磨自己。