torture
英 [ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)] 美 [ˈtɔrtʃə(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

变形

复数：tortures过去式：tortured过去分词：tortured现在分词：torturing第三人称单数：tortures

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U][C]拷问,刑讯 the act of causing sb severe physical pain
2. [U][C]折磨; 痛苦 severe pain or suffering caused in the mind or body

v.(动词)

1. vt. 折磨 inflict severe pain on sb

英英释义

torture[ 'tɔ:tʃə ]

• n.
  • extreme mental distress

    同义词：anguishtorment

  • unbearable physical pain

    同义词：torment

  • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

    同义词：agonytorment

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

    同义词：distortionoverrefinementstrainingtwisting

  • 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

• v.
  • torment emotionally or mentally

    同义词：tormentexcruciaterack

  • subject to torture

    同义词：excruciatetorment

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)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 fire火刑
• torture to sb对某人的折磨

用作动词 (v.)～+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

～+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

同近义词辨析

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

这组词都有“苦恼、痛苦”的意思，其区别是：

sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。

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。

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。

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。

misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The use of torture must disgust any civilized person.
   施用酷刑必为文明社会的人所不齿。
2. 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。
3. She suffered the torture of toothache.
   她因牙痛而痛苦。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. He tortured his prisoners.
   他拷打犯人。
2. He was tortured with anxiety.
   他为焦虑所苦。
3. Winds tortured the trees.
   风把树吹得歪歪斜斜。

权威例句

The Ties That Torture: Simmelian Tie Analysis in Organizations
Imaginary relish and exquisite torture: the elaborated intrusion theory of desire
Imaginary Relish and Exquisite Torture: The Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire.
The psychosocial impact of war trauma and torture on Southeast Asian refugees.
The dose-effect relationships between torture and psychiatric symptoms in Vietnamese ex-political detainees and a comparison group.
Psychological sequelae of torture and organised violence suffered by refugees from Iraq. Trauma-related factors compared with social...
Political Institutions and Human Rights: Why Dictatorships Enter into the United Nations Convention Against Torture
The Harvard trauma questionnaire: adapting a cross-cultural instrument for measuring torture, trauma and posttraumatic stress disord...
The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Validating a cross-cultural instrument for measuring torture, trauma, and posttraumatic stress dis...
The development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian adult survivors of war trauma and torture: A re...