[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
英英释义
Noun
extreme mental distress
unbearable physical pain
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
"an agony of doubt" "the torments of the damned"
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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"
Verb
torment emotionally or mentally
subject to torture;
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
组词搭配
动词+～
employ〔use〕 torture使用酷刑
suffer the torture受折磨
形容词+～
severe torture严刑拷打
terrible torture可怕的折磨
介词+～
be in torture在痛苦中
instruments of torture刑具
die under torture折磨而死
～+介词
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
～+名词
torture oneself自我折磨
torture the prisoners给犯人施酷刑
～+副词
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
例句
用作名词(n.)
The use of torture must disgust any civilized person.施用酷刑必为文明社会的人所不齿。
Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim.严刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都丧失人性。
