torture ['tɔ:tʃə]

英汉解释

vt. 折磨；拷问；歪曲
n. 折磨；拷问；歪曲

同义词

n. agony，anguish，distortion，torment
v. excruciate，rack，torment

词汇辨析

agony，auguish，torment，torture，grief，misery，distress，sorrow
这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。

参考例句

1. The secret police tortured him to obtain information.
秘密警察拷问他以获取情报。
2. I found a torture to lose you.
俄才发现失去你是一种折磨。
3. It is a kind of torture to most people.
对大多数人来说，它简直就是一种折磨。

英英解释

n.
  1. extreme mental distress
  2. unbearable physical pain
  3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
  5. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more pers
v.
  1. torment emotionally or mentally
  2. subject to torture

网络释义

torture
折磨; 苦闷; 歪曲; 拷问;
SEX TORTURE
性虐待;
Water torture
用水折磨; （用水折磨）:;
Torture Chamber
酷刑室; 拷问室; 刑讯室;
torture -
拷问,折磨;