torturous

英

美 [ˈtɔrˌtʃuəs]

adj.  折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的

BNC.46208 / COCA.23237

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的
  Something that istorturousis extremely painful and causes great suffering.
  1. His breathing was torturous…
     他的呼吸充满痛苦。
  2. This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
     这是一种让人受尽折磨、痛苦难忍的杀人方法。

英英释义

adj

• extremely painful
  Synonym:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturesome

双语例句

• The cost information provided by traditional cost management system is torturous in modern manufacturing industry.
  在现代制造企业中，传统的成本管理系统所提供的成本信息显现了其局限性及不适应性。
• Didn't these people realize that the man inside was dying and dying in torturous pain?
  这些人没有认识到里边的人要死了，而且在痛苦的疼痛中要死了？
• He lives with his torturous sister and her kindly husband until an unknown benefactor showers Pip in wealth.
  他一直和泼辣的姐姐和和蔼可亲的父亲生活在一起，直到一位无名的捐助者给予了他大量的钱财。
• It's lust, it's torturous, you must be a sorceress.
  这是欲望，这也是痛苦的折磨，你必定是一个魔法师。
• The flight up-which can otherwise be a torturous half hour of self doubt-is a sightseeing pleasure.
  这次飞行也可能是折磨人的半小时自我质疑是一次愉悦观光机会。
• The works shows us "the quiet and happy world of a bolder town", combines natural beauty and beauty of human's emotion and virtue, it also states a movable and torturous love story.
  作品不仅构建了一个由自然美、人性美、人情美相融合而成的恬和秀美的边城世界，而且还讲述了一个曲婉动人的爱情故事。
• This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
  这是一种让人受尽折磨、痛苦难忍的杀人方法。
• And it's an aching, torturous love which wrenches the lower extremities.
  而且是痛苦折磨的扭曲下肢的爱。
• Christopher Bickley, a partner at the law firm Conyers Dill Pearman, said banks were now making it torturous to open BVI accounts, spurring companies to incorporate in Samoa and the Seychelles.
  康德明律师事务所（ConyersDillPearman）合伙人克里斯托弗•比克利（ChristopherBickley）表示，开设BVI账户正因银行业的举措而变得痛苦不堪，这促使企业转而在萨摩亚群岛和塞舌尔群岛开办公司。
• Then we would have argued and had a long, torturous vacation.
  然后，我们会争论，度过一个又长又折磨人的假期。