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torture
/`tɔrtʃɚ/
(过去式: tortured; 过去完成式: tortured; 现在进行式: torturing)
v.t.
To inflict extreme agony upon; put to the rack. 拷打;使痛苦;折磨。
- The secret police tortured the captive to obtain information. 秘密警察拷打俘虏以获得情报。
To twist from a normal position. 扭曲。
To pervert; distort. 歪曲;曲解。
n.
Agony of mind or body. 苦恼;痛苦。
- The sight was torture to him. 那情景使他感到痛苦。
The act of inflicting extreme pain or torment. 拷打;刑讯;折磨。
- put to (the) torture 加以拷问。
衍生词:
n. torturer.
同义词:
torment, anguish.
- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典
torture¹
/ˈtɔːtʃə/
n.
1. (method of punishment, interrogation) 折磨;(尤指)拷打, 拷问, 酷刑
a medieval torture 中世纪的酷刑
- the use of torture 用刑
under torture 通过酷刑;受酷刑
2. (anguish) (身体或精神方面的)痛苦, 折磨
the mental torture of depression 忧郁症的精神折磨
- her inner torture 她内心的痛苦
3. to be torture<非正式> (mental agony) 是精神苦恼的根源
- Waiting for the result was torture. 等候结果是一种煎熬。
- It was pure torture. 那纯粹是折磨。
torture²
/ˈtɔːtʃə/
vt.
1. (use torture on) [+ prisoner] 拷问;拷打
- Three members of the group had been tortured to death. 三名团伙成员被拷打致死。
- prisons where the inmates were tortured 犯人遭受拷打的监狱
2. (torment) [+ animal, person] 使痛苦;折磨
- Stop torturing that poor animal! 别再折磨那只可怜的动物了!
to torture yourself 自我折磨
- 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。
3. (distort, twist) 使扭曲;使弯曲
to be tortured into sth 被扭曲成某事物
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
torture
n. 折磨,痛苦,拷问,拷打;vt. 拷问,曲解,折磨,使弯曲
【根】tort=to twist(卷缠)
- 英语>简体中文, 英文字根词典
torture
n.(名词)
1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion. 拷打;酷刑:作为惩罚或压制手段而施用的肉体上刑罚
2. An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain. 刑具:造成这种痛苦的工具或手段
3. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: 折磨:难以忍受的肉体或精神上的痛苦;剧痛:
- the torture of waiting in suspense. 在不知结果中等待的痛苦
4. Something causing severe pain or anguish. 引起剧烈的疼痛或痛苦的事物
v.tr.(及物动词) tor.tured, tor.tur.ing, tor.tures
1. To subject (a person or an animal) to torture. 拷打:将(人或动物)置于酷刑之下
2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).See Synonyms at afflict 折磨,虐待:使(他人)承受巨大的身体或精神痛苦参见 afflict
3. To twist or turn abnormally; distort: 弯曲:使弯曲得不正常;使成为畸形:
- torture a rule to make it fit a case. 把尺子弄弯使其能够量箱子
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
torture
n. 曲解,折磨;vt. 使...翘曲,曲解,折磨,使...痛苦
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
torture
v. 动刑,拷打,酷刑,掠治,上刑,刑,刑讯,用刑
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉法学大辞典
torture
v.
(为获取口供而)拷打;拷问;施酷刑;虐待
- 英语>简体中文, 英美法词典
torture
n.
拷问, 刑讯
- The torture made him confess. 严刑拷打使他招供了。
折磨; 痛苦
- She suffered tortures from a toothache. 她受着牙痛的折磨。
vt.
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。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
torture1
(noun 名词)
酷刑
Many political prisoners experience torture in prison. 许多政治犯在监狱里受到酷刑。
SYNONYM 同义词:cruelty,degradation, humiliation, inquisition, persecution,torment.
折磨
the torture of toothache. 牙痛的折磨。
SYNONYM 同义词:affliction, agony, anguish, distress, misery,plague, scourge, suffering.
torture2
(verb 动词)
折磨
to torture a prisoner. 折磨囚犯。
SYNONYM 同义词:be cruel to,brainwash, bully, cause pain to, degrade, dehumanize,humiliate, hurt, inflict pain on,intimidate, persecute, rack, torment, victimize.
为… 所苦
I was tortured by doubts. 我为疑惑所苦。
SYNONYM 同义词:afflict, agonize, annoy, bedevil, bother,distress, harass, [informal日常用语] nag, pester,plague, tease, vex, worry.
- 英语>简体中文, 英语同义词词典
torture1
n.
拷问[打]; 刑讯
[常用复]折磨; 痛苦, 苦恼
猛烈的扭折, 打击
- suffer torture from 因...受痛苦
- the tortures of jealousy 妒忌的折磨
torture2
vt.
拷问[打]; (使受)折磨; 曲解(out of; into); 扭弯, 扭折

继承用法
torturable
adj.
torturedly
adv.
torturer
n.
torturesome
adj.
torturing
adj.
拷问的; 使受苦的; 使痛苦的
torturous
adj.
使痛苦的; 充满痛苦的; 苦恼的

参考词汇
见<a href="bword://torment">torment</a>;
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
torture
酷刑
- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇
torture
虐待
- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇
torture
折磨
- 英语>繁体中文(香港), 英汉法律词汇
torture
n /v (作為懲罰而施的肉體或精神上的)酷刑;折磨
【記】tort扭,ure-扭打-折磨
英语>繁体中文, GRE词汇精选
torture
/ˈtɔːtʃə/
(torturing, tortured,tortures)
1. 及物动词 If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them terrible pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. 拷打; 拷问
- Despite being tortured she proclaimed her innocence. 尽管受到拷打,她仍声称自己是清白的。
2. 有变体名词 Torture is also a noun. 拷打; 拷问
- ...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces. …安全部队涉嫌严刑拷打与谋杀的案子。
3. 及物动词 To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. (精神上) 折磨
- 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。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典