torture的中文翻译是什么意思

torture

US/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
UK/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/

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

torture柯林斯释义

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.

  • 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。

VERB折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼

To torture someone 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。

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.

  • 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。

torture英文释义

Noun

1. extreme mental distress

    2. unbearable physical pain

      3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;

      • an agony of doubt
      • the torments of the damned

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

        5. the act of torturing someone;

        • it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession

        Verb

        1. torment emotionally or mentally

          2. subject to torture;

          • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

          torture同义词辨析

          agony, anguish, torment, torture, grief, misery, distress, sorrow

          这些名词均有"苦恼,痛苦"之意。

          • agony :侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
          • anguish :指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦;用于身体时,多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
          • torment :强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
          • torture :语气比toment强,指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
          • grief :指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
          • misery :着重痛苦的可悲状态,多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
          • distress :多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
          • sorrow :语气比grief弱,指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

          torture场景例句

          Stories of torture and secret killings abound.

          酷刑和秘密杀害的故事路人皆知.

          Losing everything, bit by bit, torture.

          一点一点地 、 折磨人地失去每一样东西.

          And the souls will feel torture and torment and love and compassion.

          而灵魂将会感觉痛苦和折磨,爱,慈悲.

          Possibly I torture myself in vain?

          说不定我是在白白地折磨自己 吧 ?

          Bush should be prosecuted for violating domestic and international laws on torture.

          本人——违反了国内和国际的酷刑法?

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          torture词性变形

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