torture是什么意思_torture怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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;"it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

Verb:

torment emotionally or mentally

subject to torture;"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

中英词源

torture 拷问，拷打，折磨，痛苦

来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torment.-ure,名词后缀。引词义拷问，折磨。

torture: torture: see torment
torture (n.): early 15c., "contortion, twisting, distortion; a disorder characterized by contortion," from Old French torture "infliction of great pain; great pain, agony" (12c.), and directly from Late Latin tortura "a twisting, writhing," in Medieval Latin "pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of punishment or persuasion," from stem of Latin torquere "to twist, turn, wind, wring, distort" (see torque (n.)). The meaning "infliction of severe bodily pain as a means of punishment or persuasion" in English is from 1550s. The theory behind judicial torture was that a guilty person could be made to confess, but an innocent one could not, by this means. Macaulay writes that it was last inflicted in England in May 1640.
torture (v.): 1580s, from torture (n.). Related: Tortured; torturing.

词态变化

复数 tortures;
第三人称单数 tortures;
过去式 tortured;
过去分词 tortured;
现在分词 torturing;

权威造句

1. The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture.: 被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。

2. 2,000 prisoners died as a result of torture and maltreatment.: 2,000名犯人死于拷打和虐待。

3. There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates.: 一直有报道称犯人被施以电刑。

4. I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.: 我原以为在文明国家，严刑拷打早已销声匿迹。

5. The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.: 这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。

近反义词

misery

torment

相似短语

be in torture 处境痛苦

engine of torture 刑具

torture chamber 【法】刑讯室, 拷问室, 用刑室

torture of animals 【法】虐待动物

instrument of torture 【法】刑具

judicial torture phr. 刑讯逼供

genital torture phr. 切割生殖器官

torture track 破坏性试验道

torture of children 【法】虐待儿童

torture of disables 【法】虐待残废人

单词分析

这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

记忆方法

记忆方法:偷窃被拷打

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