torture

noun

1. 拷打；拷问；酷刑
   the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth
   1. Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
      许多难民都遭受过拷打。
   2. the use of torture
      施酷刑
   3. terrible instruments of torture
      可怕的刑讯工具
   4. His confessions were made under torture .
      他被屈打成招。
   5. I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.
      我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。
2. （精神上或肉体上的）折磨，痛苦；折磨人的事物
   mental or physical suffering; sth that causes this
   1. The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
      这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。

verb

1. 拷打；拷问；严刑逼供
   to hurt sb physically or mentally in order to punish them or make them tell you sth
   1. Many of the rebels were captured and tortured by secret police.
      反叛者中许多人被捕并遭受到秘密警察的酷刑。
   2. He was tortured into giving them the information.
      他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。
2. 使痛苦；使苦恼；使焦急；使受煎熬
   to make sb feel extremely unhappy or anxious
   1. He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.
      童年的记忆使他痛苦了一辈子。

1. VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待
   If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.
   1. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
      法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
   2. Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
      该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
   3. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
      他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
   4. Torture is also a noun.
      
   5. ...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces...
      指控安全部队严刑拷问和谋杀的案例
   6. Many died under torture, others committed suicide…
      很多人被酷刑折磨致死，另一些人则选择了自杀。
   7. I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
      我还以为这是中世纪的酷刑，早已令人庆幸地不复存在了。
2. VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
   To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.
   1. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
      他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
   2. She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
      她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
3. N-UNCOUNT 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物
   If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.
   1. Waiting for the result was torture...
      等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
   2. The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture…
      被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。
   3. Learning — something she had always loved — became a torture.
      学习——她一直喜欢的事情——变成了一种痛苦。

1. The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
   这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
2. For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.
   对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
3. I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.
   我原以为在文明国家，严刑拷打早已销声匿迹。
4. The report says torture was widespread, as were extra-judicial executions by government troops.
   报告说酷刑普遍存在，政府军法外行刑也屡见不鲜。
5. There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates.
   一直有报道称犯人被施以电刑。
6. The report says there is widespread and routine torture of political prisoners in the country
   这份报告称该国一直普遍存在折磨政治犯的现象。
7. The idea of being separated from him, even for a few hours, was torture
   一想到要和他分开，即便是短短几小时，都感到备受煎熬。
8. It says torture and summary execution are common
   那上面称酷刑和草草处决很常见。
9. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed
   法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
10. Three members of the group had been tortured to death
    该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
11. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
    他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
12. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her
    他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
13. She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
    她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
14. Waiting for the result was torture
    等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
15. The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture
    被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。
16. Learning — something she had always loved — became a torture.
    学习——她一直喜欢的事情——变成了一种痛苦。
17. It is my understanding that this torture has been going on for many years
    据我了解，这种折磨已经持续很多年了。
18. 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长岁月里，他始终坚贞不屈。
19. No torture would make him speak.
    任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。
20. Torture should never be sanctioned.
    决不准许严刑拷打。
21. Torture failed to make her submit.
    严刑拷打未使她屈服。
22. He was subject to a full measure of Humiliating Torture in all these years.
    多年来他受尽刑辱。
23. Eg. we have suffered 30 years of humiliation and torture.
    我们已经遭受了30年的羞辱和折磨。
24. European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
    欧洲防止酷刑和不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚委员会；
25. Is this torture to you?
    这对你来说算是折磨吗？
26. This would be sheer torture for a wild mammal;
    对野生哺乳动物来说，这算得上是纯粹的折磨了；
27. What I saw made the torture worth it.
    我看到的东西就值了那些拷打了。
28. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
    禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道和有辱人格的待遇和处罚公约
29. The first is to put up with physical and mental torture.
    首先是要忍受肉体和精神折磨了。

noun

1. 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
   1. it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession

   Synonym:    torturing

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

   Synonym:    distortionoverrefinementstrainingtwisting

3. intense feelings of suffering
   1. an agony of doubt
   2. the torments of the damned

   Synonym:    agonytorment

4. extreme mental distress

   Synonym:    anguishtorment

5. unbearable physical pain

   Synonym:    torment

verb

1. subject to torture
   1. The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

   Synonym:    excruciatetorment

2. torment emotionally or mentally

   Synonym:    tormentexcruciaterack