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torture

noun
 
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1.  
    the act of causing somebody severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do something拷打；拷问；酷刑
    • Many of the refugees have suffered torture.许多难民都遭受过拷打。🔊🔊
    • the use of torture施酷刑
    • terrible instruments of torture可怕的刑讯工具
    • under torture His confessions were made under torture.他被屈打成招。🔊🔊
    • I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.我听说过监狱里令人毛骨悚然的刑讯。🔊🔊
    Topics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brutal
    • systematic
    • mental
    • …
    verb + torture
    • inflict
    • endure
    • suffer
    • …
    torture + noun
    • camp
    • chamber
    • room
    • …
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  2.  
    (informal) mental or physical pain; something that causes this（精神上或肉体上的）折磨，痛苦；折磨人的事物
    • The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brutal
    • systematic
    • mental
    • …
    verb + torture
    • inflict
    • endure
    • suffer
    • …
    torture + noun
    • camp
    • chamber
    • room
    • …
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.

torture

verb
 
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they torture
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
he / she / it tortures
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃəz/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃərz/
past simple tortured
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃəd/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃərd/
past participle tortured
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃəd/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃərd/
-ing form torturing
🔊/ˈtɔːtʃərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtɔːrtʃərɪŋ/
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  1.  
    to hurt somebody physically or mentally in order to punish them or make them tell you something拷打；拷问；严刑逼供
    • torture somebody 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。🔊🔊
    • The prisoners were routinely tortured.囚犯经常遭受酷刑。
    • torture somebody into doing something He was tortured into giving them the information.他受不住酷刑被迫向他们供出了情报。🔊🔊
    Topics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • brutally
    • severely
    • …
    phrases
    • torture somebody to death
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  2.  
    torture somebody to make somebody feel extremely unhappy or anxious使痛苦；使苦恼；使焦急；使受煎熬 synonym torment
    • He spent his life tortured by the memories of his childhood.童年的记忆使他痛苦了一辈子。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc1
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.