torture
🇺🇸
/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
🇬🇧
/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
noun
C1
causing severe pain to punish or force someone
The use of torture to get information is illegal.
使用酷刑获取信息是违法的。
C1
great mental or physical suffering
Waiting for the test results was torture.
等待测试结果是一种折磨。
verb
C1
to cause severe pain to punish or force someone
They threatened to torture him if he didn't talk.
他们威胁说如果他不说话就对他用刑。
C1
to make someone feel very unhappy or worried
The guilt continued to torture him for years.
内疚感多年来一直折磨着他。
translation
酷刑, 折磨
拷打, 折磨
词形变化
3rd Present
tortures
Progressive
torturing
Past
tortured
Perfect
tortured
Plural
tortures