[U][C]拷問,刑訊 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.(動詞)
vt. 折磨 inflict severe pain on sb
英語翻譯
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\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
The use of torture must disgust any civilized person. 施用酷刑必為文明社會的人所不齒。
Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim. 嚴刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都喪失人性。
She suffered the torture of toothache. 她因牙痛而痛苦。
用作及物動詞(vt.)
He tortured his prisoners. 他拷打犯人。
He was tortured with anxiety. 他為焦慮所苦。
Winds tortured the trees. 風把樹吹得歪歪斜斜。
常用短語
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
employ〔use〕 torture
使用酷刑
suffer the torture
受折磨
形容詞+～
severe torture
嚴刑拷打
terrible torture
可怕的折磨
介詞+～
be in torture
在痛苦中
instruments of torture
刑具
die under torture
折磨而死
～+介詞
torture by fire
火刑
torture to sb
對某人的折磨
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
torture oneself
自我折磨
torture the prisoners
給犯人施酷刑
～+副詞
torture bitterly
充滿仇恨地折磨
torture continuously
繼續折磨
torture frequently
不斷地折磨
torture horribly
可怕地折磨
torture impudently
厚顏無恥地折磨
torture intermittently
斷斷續續地折磨
torture irrationally
荒謬地折磨
torture painfully
痛苦地折磨
torture physically
身體上折磨
torture repeatedly
多次地折磨
torture ruthlessly〔scathingly〕
無情地折磨
torture savagely
野蠻地折磨
torture secretly
秘密地折磨
torture seriously
嚴重折磨
torture unmercifully
惡狠狠地折磨
torture villainously
罪惡地折磨
～+介詞
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
為煩惱所苦
組詞
His tension mounts, and the last quarter hour before they meet is sheer torture.