torture
n. 拷问, 苦闷 vt. 拷问, 曲解, 折磨, 使弯曲
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折磨；拷问；歪曲
折磨；拷问；歪曲
释义与例句
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1.
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
可数 不可数People confess to anything under torture.
Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
What new tortures await me?
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2.
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
Sexual activity involving the infliction of pain to a certain body part or in a certain manner.
可数 不可数cock and ball torture
tickle torture
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3.
Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
折磨
煎熬
拷问
酷刑
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An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
可数 不可数Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!
Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. (http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx)
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To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
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折磨
及物With respect to the larger point of the RDI report itself, even before I came into office I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.
People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
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From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).
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