torture
torture 英 [ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)] 美 [ˈtɔrtʃə(r)]
vt. 折磨；拷问 n. 折磨；拷问
进行时:torturing 过去式:tortured 过去分词:tortured 第三人称单数:tortures 名词复数:tortures
- To torture is to torment or purposefully put someone through intense pain or agony.
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- vt. 折磨；拷问
- n. 折磨；拷问
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1. Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
许多难民都遭受过拷打。
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2. the use of torture
施酷刑
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3. terrible instruments of torture
可怕的刑讯工具
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4. His confessions were made under torture.
他被屈打成招。
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5. He was tortured into giving them the information.
他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。
- torture (n.) early 15c., "contortion, twisting, distortion; a disorder characterized by contortion," from Old French torture "infliction of great pain; great pain, agony" (12c.), and directly from Late Latin tortura "a twisting, writhing," in Medieval Latin "pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of punishment or persuasion," from stem of Latin torquere "to twist, turn, wind, wring, distort" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").
- torture (v.) 1580s, from torture (n.). Related: Tortured; torturing.
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