torture

torture

英 ['tɔːtʃə]
　　美 ['tɔrtʃɚ]

vt. 折磨；拷問；歪曲
　　n. 折磨；拷問；歪曲

v.(動詞)torture的基本意思是嚴重折磨某人的身體和精神,使其產生極度痛苦、苦惱和緊張等不良感覺。torture是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語。其賓語後也可接動詞不定式作目的狀語。

中文詞源：

torture 拷問，拷打，折磨，痛苦

來自拉丁語 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一團的，詞源同 turn,torment.-ure,名詞後綴。引詞義拷問， 折磨。

例句：

1. The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture.
被單摩擦著他的皮膚，簡直像是酷刑。

2. 2,000 prisoners died as a result of torture and maltreatment.
2,000名犯人死於拷打和虐待。

3. There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates.
一直有報道稱犯人被施以電刑。

4. I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.
我原以為在文明國傢，嚴刑拷打早已銷聲匿跡。

5. The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
這些供狀是用近乎逼供的方式得來的。