torturing

英 [ˈtɔːtʃərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɔːrtʃərɪŋ]

v.  拷打; 拷问; 严刑逼供; 使痛苦; 使苦恼; 使焦急; 使受煎熬
torture的现在分词

复数：torturings　

COCA.42987

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待
  If someoneis tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.
  1. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
     法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
  2. Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
     该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
  3. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
     他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
  4. Tortureis also a noun.
     
  5. ...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces...
     指控安全部队严刑拷问和谋杀的案例
  6. Many died under torture, others committed suicide…
     很多人被酷刑折磨致死，另一些人则选择了自杀。
  7. I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
     我还以为这是中世纪的酷刑，早已令人庆幸地不复存在了。
• VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
  Totorturesomeone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.
  1. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
     他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
  2. She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
     她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
• N-UNCOUNT 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物
  If you say that something istortureor atorture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.
  1. Waiting for the result was torture...
     等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
  2. 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。
  3. Learning — something she had always loved — became a torture.
     学习——她一直喜欢的事情——变成了一种痛苦。

英英释义

noun

• 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
  1. it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
  Synonym:torture

adj

• extremely painful
  Synonym:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturoustorturesome

双语例句

• Dan, why don't you just go and quit torturing me?
  丹，你能不能别再折磨我了？
• It's quite common for little boys to take pleasure in torturing insects and small animals.
  通过折磨昆虫和小动物来取乐在小男孩中很常见。
• Why do you delight in torturing me?
  为什么你以折磨我乐趣呢？
• Even though he swapped our personalities, it's still me he's torturing.
  即使他把我们的人格互换，他折磨的还是我。
• And you decided to celebrate by torturing me?
  你是不是想靠折磨我来庆祝？
• You can go on torturing people like that for ages.
  你可以继续折磨人喜欢那个好久了。
• He said someone was torturing him.
  他说有人在折磨他。
• The police said he had taken two men away by force before torturing.
  警方说他强行绑架并拷打了两名男子。
• Why do we have to keep on torturing ourselves by talking about it?
  我们干吗非得老谈这事来折磨我们自己呢？
• This godless regime which is torturing and murdering people must be stopped.
  必须终止这折磨屠杀人民的政权。