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

• There are two kinds of regret that are most torturing: You can't have the one you love and the one you love fails to reach happiness.
  有两种悔恨是最折磨人的：一是不能和你爱的人在一起，还有就是你爱的人得到了自己的幸福。
• He said someone was torturing him.
  他说有人在折磨他。
• If you need solace at the end of the day, you are torturing yourself in some way.
  如果你在每天晚上都需要一些安慰，那么你是在以某种方式折磨你自己。
• Why do you delight in torturing me?
  为什么你以折磨我乐趣呢？
• Then he's torturing you.
  那么他就是在折磨你。
• 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？
• During the past few years, I have traveled to Hongkong, Thailand, China and New Zealand, and now I stay in China and still suffering from Mind Control Weapons torturing and harassing.
  在过去几年里，我曾去过香港，泰国，中国和新西兰，现在我呆在中国，并仍遭受着精神控制武器的折磨和骚扰。
• You're talking about torturing this man?
  你是说想要拷问这个人？
• Just say that you're torturing me.
  告诉我，你这是在折磨我。
• Who is it, stop torturing me sweetie.
  告诉我是谁，别折磨我了宝贝。