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单词 torture
释义 torture
UK ['tɔ:.tʃər] US ['tɔ:r.tʃɚ] noun
 ADVANCED  uncountable
■the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information, or to be cruel to a person or animal 拷打;拷问;折磨;虐待
Half of the prisoners died after torture and starvation.半数的囚犯死于拷打和饥饿。
He revealed the secret under torture.在严刑拷打之下,他招供了。
countable or uncountable informal
■a very unpleasant experience 折磨,煎熬
The rush-hour traffic was sheer torture as usual.交通尖峰期像往常一样令人煎熬。
UK ['tɔ:.tʃər] US ['tɔ:r.tʃɚ] verb transitive
 ADVANCED 
■to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally 拷打;拷问;折磨;虐待
It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in 1983 in a city police station.据称,1983年在一所市警察局里,员警将一名男子拷打致死。
■to cause mental pain 使精神上受到折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
[R] He tortured himself for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road.他本可以阻止那个男孩跑到马路上去的想法多年来折磨着他。
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