单词	torturer
释义	torturetorture2 ●○○ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE torture Simple Form Present I, you, we, they torture he, she, it tortures Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they tortured Present perfect I, you, we, they have tortured he, she, it has tortured Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had tortured Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will torture Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have tortured Continuous Form Present I am torturing he, she, it is torturing you, we, they are torturing Past I, he, she, it was torturing you, we, they were torturing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been torturing he, she, it has been torturing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been torturing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be torturing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been torturing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He is still tortured by memories of the attack. Several of the prisoners confirmed that they had been tortured. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And perms, our straight hair tortured into frizz for the Christmas or Easter gathering and the requisite smiling photograph. Anticipated in December and enjoyed in January, February citrus can torture the souls of tree owners. He is drawn to the Ring and his thoughts are tortured by it. His jailers realized that his ransom would exceed those of the other prisoners, so Raymond was continuously tortured for preaching. Piotr Jaroszewicz, 83, had been strangled at home near Warsaw after apparently being tortured. When confronted with the messiah being humiliated, tortured and killed, Peter refuses to listen. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► gas/torture chamber (=used for killing people by gas or for hurting them) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► death · At this time, his wife Yelva was tortured to death.· Another has him tortured to death by having his intestines pulled from him by a windlass.· She was raped and tortured to death. ► prisoner · Her requests to inspect several detention centres where troops were alleged to have tortured prisoners were also ignored.· So is the rape and torture of prisoners by prisoners. VERB► arrest · Hundreds of officers were arrested, tortured and executed.· Regarded with suspicion by the police, such tribals are often arrested arbitrarily, tortured and stripped of their civil rights. ► beat · Throughout the country, Mugabe supporters have beaten, tortured and murdered opposition members.· Some will starve to death, others will die of exposure, still others will be beaten or burned or tortured.· He is haunted by flashbacks of being beaten, tortured and buried alive, but they are fragmented memories.· During the six and a half years of marriage, I was repeatedly beaten, terrorized, tortured and sexually molested. 1to deliberately hurt someone in order to force them to give you information, to punish them, or to be cruel:  Political opponents of the regime may be tortured.2if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer a lot mentally SYN  torment:  Rachel sat alone for hours at home, tortured by jealousy.—torturer noun [countable]
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