torture
🇺🇸
/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
🇬🇧
/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
noun
C1
causing severe pain to punish or force someone
The use of torture to get information is illegal.
使用酷刑獲取資訊是違法的。
C1
great mental or physical suffering
Waiting for the test results was torture.
等待測試結果是一種折磨。
verb
C1
to cause severe pain to punish or force someone
They threatened to torture him if he didn't talk.
他們威脅說如果他不說話就對他用刑。
C1
to make someone feel very unhappy or worried
The guilt continued to torture him for years.
內疚感多年來一直折磨著他。
translation
酷刑, 折磨
拷打, 折磨
詞形變化
3rd Present
tortures
Progressive
torturing
Past
tortured
Perfect
tortured
Plural
tortures