torture
英 ['t??t??]
美['t?rt??]
- vt. 折磨；拷問(wèn)；歪曲
- n. 折磨；拷問(wèn)；歪曲
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tortures;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?tortures;過(guò)去式:?tortured;過(guò)去分詞:?tortured;現(xiàn)在分詞:?torturing;
助記提示
記憶方法:偷竊被拷打
中文詞源
torture 拷問(wèn)，拷打，折磨，痛苦
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tortus,扭曲的，扭成一團(tuán)的，詞源同 turn,torment.-ure,名詞后綴。引詞義拷問(wèn)， 折磨。
英英釋意
- 1. extreme mental distress
- 2. unbearable physical pain
- 3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
- "an agony of doubt"
- "the torments of the damned"
- 4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 5. the act of torturing someone;
- "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
英文詞源
- torture
- torture: see torment
- 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" (see torque (n.)). The meaning "infliction of severe bodily pain as a means of punishment or persuasion" in English is from 1550s. The theory behind judicial torture was that a guilty person could be made to confess, but an innocent one could not, by this means. Macaulay writes that it was last inflicted in England in May 1640.
- torture (v.)
- 1580s, from torture (n.). Related: Tortured; torturing.
同義詞辨析
agony, anguish, torment, torture, grief, misery, distress, sorrow
這些名詞均有"苦惱，痛苦"之意。
agony：側(cè)重指精神或身體痛苦的劇烈程度。
anguish：指精神方面令人難以忍受的極度痛苦；用于身體時(shí)，多指局部或暫時(shí)的痛苦。
torment：強(qiáng)調(diào)煩惱或痛苦的長(zhǎng)期性。
torture：語(yǔ)氣比toment強(qiáng)，指在精神或肉體上受到的折磨所產(chǎn)生的痛苦。
grief：指由某種特殊處境或原因造成的強(qiáng)烈的感情上的苦惱與悲痛。
misery：著重痛苦的可悲狀態(tài)，多含不幸、可憐或悲哀的意味。
distress：多指因思想上的壓力緊張、恐懼、憂(yōu)慮等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某種災(zāi)難帶來(lái)的痛苦。
sorrow：語(yǔ)氣比grief弱，指因不幸、損失或失望等所產(chǎn)生的悲傷。
考試真題
- The survey shows us that today's teens are affectionate, sensible and far happier than the angry and tortured souls that have been painted for us by stereotypes.
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實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
- 許多難民都遭受過(guò)拷打。
牛津詞典
- the use of torture
- 施酷刑
牛津詞典
- terrible instruments of torture
- 可怕的刑訊工具
牛津詞典
- His confessions were made under torture .
- 他被屈打成招。
牛津詞典
- I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.
- 我聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)監(jiān)獄里令人毛骨悚然的刑訊。
牛津詞典
- The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
- 這次面試從頭至尾使人備受煎熬。
牛津詞典
- Many of the rebels were captured and tortured by secret police.
- 反叛者中許多人被捕并遭受到秘密警察的酷刑。
牛津詞典
- He was tortured into giving them the information.
- 他受不住酷刑被迫向他們供出了情報(bào)。
牛津詞典
- He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.
- 童年的記憶使他痛苦了一輩子。
牛津詞典
- French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
- 法國(guó)警方確信她是被拷打致死。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
- 該團(tuán)體中有三個(gè)人被拷打致死。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
- 他不愿與她爭(zhēng)辯，讓她更痛苦。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
- 她想象著鮑勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里備受煎熬。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Waiting for the result was torture...
- 等待結(jié)果的過(guò)程是一種折磨。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture…
- 被單摩擦著他的皮膚，簡(jiǎn)直像是酷刑。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Stories of torture and secret killings abound.
- 酷刑和秘密殺害的故事路人皆知.
期刊摘選
- Losing everything, bit by bit, torture.
- 一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地 、 折磨人地失去每一樣?xùn)|西.
期刊摘選
- And the souls will feel torture and torment and love and compassion.
- 而靈魂將會(huì)感覺(jué)痛苦和折磨,愛(ài),慈悲.
期刊摘選
- Possibly I torture myself in vain?
- 說(shuō)不定我是在白白地折磨自己 吧 ?
期刊摘選
- Bush – should be prosecuted for violating domestic and international laws on torture.
- 本人——違反了國(guó)內(nèi)和國(guó)際的酷刑法?
期刊摘選
- Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and unyielding.
- 在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫長(zhǎng)歲月里, 他始終堅(jiān)貞不屈.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- I've been the sport of that intolerable torture!
- 我 總是 被那種不可容忍的折磨所捉弄!
辭典例句
- Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her.
- 卓婭英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- The criminal is undergoing torture.
- 犯人在受?chē)?yán)刑拷打.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
- 審問(wèn)者使囚犯?jìng)兪艿秸勰?
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- No torture would make him speak.
- 任何嚴(yán)刑拷打都不能使他開(kāi)口.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》