英 [ˈtɔːtʃə(r)] 美 [ˈtɔːrtʃər]
n. 拷打，拷问，酷刑逼供；折磨，煎熬；变形
v. 拷打，拷问，严刑逼供；造成精神上的巨大痛苦，使忧虑；扭曲
复数tortures
第三人称单数tortures
现在分词torturing
过去式tortured
过去分词tortured
torture /ˈtɔːtʃə/ CET4 TEM4 [ torturing tortured tortures ]
及物动词 If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them terrible pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. 拷打; 拷问
Despite being tortured she proclaimed her innocence.
尽管受到拷打，她仍声称自己是清白的。
有变体名词 Torture is also a noun. 拷打; 拷问
...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces.
…安全部队涉嫌严刑拷打与谋杀的案子。
及物动词 To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. (精神上) 折磨
He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.
他不会通过和她争吵而进一步折磨她。
unbearable physical pain
同义词： torment
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
同义词： distortion / overrefinement / straining / twisting
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
同义词： torturing
torment emotionally or mentally
同义词： torment / excruciate / rack
subject to torture
同义词： excruciate / torment
刑讯逼供-引用次数：310
Chapter one elaborates some basic questions for Confession by Torture.
第一章主要阐明了刑讯逼供的相关基础性问题。
参考来源遏制刑讯逼供刍议（研究生论文）
折磨
涉嫌一项拷打罪：2015年3月30日，张、翟二人在洛县犯下了酷刑（Torture）重罪，两人为报复、勒索、说服和虐待受害者，而故意非法拷打受害人刘怡然，触犯了加州刑法206条第12022.7款刑责。
...之后重新审核。翟家并非大富翁，目前还不能将女儿保释出来。邓洪说，涉嫌此案的都是十几岁的青少年，却因为鸡毛蒜皮的纠纷，闯下如此大祸。最重的一项指控为折磨（torture），最高可判终身监禁。 翟芸瑶当天身著蓝色囚服出庭。
...一天他还安然无恙的训练也没旧病复发,为什么上场时候就犯病了,其实当时他这出戏演的并不像,看的出他心里非常痛苦跟煎熬(Torture),但这并不是脚痛,是他当时心里特别矛盾,他知道小将罗伯斯能跑死他,他太知道这已经不是2004年的雅典时候110米栏运动员(Athlete)的...
而这一次的赛程(Schedule)仿佛拷问(Torture)着专家的心，由于妖魔赛程慢慢光降，也许也唯有英超的角逐才有云云多须要仔细的地方，由于谁人(Who)一个闪失很大概跌出我方如今的...
Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
许多难民都遭受过拷打。
The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture.
犯人受到蓄意折磨。
It says torture and summary execution are common.
据说酷刑和草草处决很常见。
For example,he created the verb "to torture" and the noun forms of "critic,"
VOA : special.2010.01.13
If we torture this one-- of course to torture,you cause pain to bodies, but the pain gets felt in the mind.
如果我们折磨这个-,当然了，折磨会在肉体上产生痛苦，而痛苦可以被意识感知。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
After I give you amnesia,before I torture you, Linda I will drive you insane and make you believe that you're Linda.
在我让你失忆和折磨你之前，我会先把你逼疯，让你相信你是。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It called to mind the torture and death of Jesus Christ.
VOA : special.2010.07.01
"The military commissions have been reformed by the Congress and the Obama administration in a way that prohibits absolutely the use of any evidence obtained through torture or cruelty."
VOA : special.2010.11.20
Convention Against Torture to prosecute anyone on its territory responsible for torture anywhere in the world.
Activists say defectors caught leaving North Korea without state permission could face prison and even torture.
The prisons were brimming with Islamist detainees, locked away in dungeons where torture was routine.
《Torture》是专辑中的第二支单曲，由Jackie Jackson、Michael Jackson、Jermanie Jackson共同领唱。