Torture
[ 'tɔrtʃɚ ]
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n. 拷问;折磨;痛苦;（精神上或肉体上的）折磨;
vt. 使痛苦;使苦恼;使焦急;曲解;
💡 词根助记
tort扭转+ure表名词→扭曲别人 →折磨
📝 例句
His scars bore witness to the torture he had suffered.
他身上的一处处伤痕证明他曾受到严刑拷打。
The sight of his sick brother was torture to him.
看到他生病的哥哥那副样子令他非常痛苦。
The wound festers during several days of torture.
伤口溃疡了，折腾了我好几天。
He was tortured with anxiety.
他为焦虑所苦。
The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
警方对他严刑逼供.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ to-似数字“70”,r-拼音“人”,ture-谐音“球”:70个人在拷问球
※ fortune-命运,torture-痛苦:天山童姥的命运中总是充满爱恨交加的痛苦
※ tor-谐音“偷”,tu-拼音“兔”,re-谐音“阿姨”:偷兔子的阿姨受到了拷打
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
torture
n[C, U]
1 (method of) deliberately inflicting severe pain, as a punishment or in order to force sb to say or do sth 刑法; 刑讯; 严刑逼迫
barbaric tortures 野蛮的刑法
the widespread use of torture 遍施酷刑
She died under torture. 她受严刑拷打致死.
[attrib 作定语]
torture instruments 刑具.
2 (fig 比喻) (instance of) great physical or mental suffering 对肉体或精神的折磨
the tortures of suspense, fear, jealousy,etc 疑虑、 恐惧、 忌妒等的煎熬
This tooth of mine is sheer torture! 我这颗牙真折磨人! torture, v [Tn]
1 inflict severe pain on (sb) 使（某 人）极其痛苦; 折磨
accused the regime of torturing its political opponents 谴责该政权迫害政敌.
2 (fig 比喻) cause (sb) great physical or mental suffering 造成（某人）肉体或精神上的巨大痛苦
tortured by anxiety 受焦虑的煎熬.
🎯 考研助记
偷窃（谐音）：偷窃被逮会被 拷打 tor(拖)+ture(扯):又拖又扯- 折磨 拷打 网友：yqy 补充：源自tort：torture是tort行为；tort撕裂（＝tear），ure：撕裂他－－拷打他
🔁 扩展释义
*['tɒ:tʃә]n. 拷问, 苦闷vt. 拷问, 曲解, 折磨, 使弯曲【法】 拷问, 拷打, 刑讯相关词组: be in torture
🌿 同词根单词
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The bison skins were sent by rail to cities to be sold.
野牛皮用火车运到城里出售。
There are two other points to consider.
发传真要考虑另外两点。
We were in a better position than they were.
我们的处境比他们要好。