音标:['tɒ:tʃә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 拷问, 苦闷
vt. 拷问, 曲解, 折磨, 使弯曲
n. unbearable physical pain
n. 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
v. subject to torture
词型变化:过去分词 : tortured ; 过去式 : tortured ; 现在分词 : torturing ; 名词复数形式 : tortures ; 第三人称单数 : tortures
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
名词54%
动词46%

torture的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The use of torture must disgust any civilized person.施用酷刑必为文明社会的人所不齿。
  2. Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim.严刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都丧失人性。
  3. She suffered the torture of toothache.她因牙痛而痛苦。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. He tortured his prisoners.他拷打犯人。
  2. He was tortured with anxiety.他为焦虑所苦。
  3. Winds tortured the trees.风把树吹得歪歪斜斜。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The torture made him confess.严刑拷打使他招供了。
  2. She suffered tortures from a toothache.她受着牙痛的折磨。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. They tortured the prisoner until he made a confession.他们对犯人施以酷刑,直到他招供。
  2. Why do we have to keep on torturing ourselves by taking about it?为什么我们要一直谈论那件事让自己痛苦呢?
  3. That cruel boy tortures animals.那个残忍的男孩虐待动物。
  4. Winds tortured the trees.风把树吹得东倒西歪。
  5. They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.他们拷打那人,使他招认他的罪行。
  6. The illness tortured the man to death.疾病把这人折磨致死。
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  8. He was caught by the British and tortured.他落入英国人之手后受到严刑拷打。
  9. Many people are tortured by cancer.许多人在受癌症的折磨。
  10. She was tortured by jealousy.她为妒忌所苦。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • employ〔use〕 torture使用酷刑
  • suffer the torture受折磨
形容词+~
  • severe torture严刑拷打
  • terrible torture可怕的折磨
介词+~
  • be in torture在痛苦中
  • instruments of torture刑具
  • die under torture折磨而死
~+介词
  • torture by fire火刑
  • torture to sb对某人的折磨
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • torture oneself自我折磨
  • torture the prisoners给犯人施酷刑
~+副词
  • torture bitterly充满仇恨地折磨
  • torture continuously继续折磨
  • torture frequently不断地折磨
  • torture horribly可怕地折磨
  • torture impudently厚颜无耻地折磨
  • torture intermittently断断续续地折磨
  • torture irrationally荒谬地折磨
  • torture painfully痛苦地折磨
  • torture physically身体上折磨
  • torture repeatedly多次地折磨
  • torture ruthlessly〔scathingly〕无情地折磨
  • torture savagely野蛮地折磨
  • torture secretly秘密地折磨
  • torture seriously严重折磨
  • torture unmercifully恶狠狠地折磨
  • torture villainously罪恶地折磨
~+介词
  • torture by以…折磨
  • torture into施刑迫使(某人)…
  • torture into confessing在受刑后被迫招供
  • torture to death被折磨致死
  • torture with以…折磨
  • torture with anxiety为烦恼所苦

经典引文

  • His tension mounts, and the last quarter hour before they meet is sheer torture.

    出自:J. Moynahan
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