| 单词 | torture |
| 释义 | torture (once / 191 pages) 1nv 2n To torture is to torment or purposefully put someone through intense pain or agony. The word torture comes from the word for "harm." It can refer to the deliberate infliction of physical or mental suffering in order to punish or obtain information; the act of distorting something, so it means something it wasn't intended to mean; or extreme mental distress or unbearable physical pain not necessarily inflicted by another. WORD FAMILYtorture: self-torture, tortured, torturer, tortures, torturesome, torturing, torturous+/tortured: torturedly/torturer: torturers/torturesome: torturesomely/torturing: torturingly, torturings/torturous: torturously USAGE EXAMPLES“Torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment is never a morally permissible option, even if lives depend on gaining information,” the manual said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) "Our prisons were built to annihilate, torture and kill." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) This regular season finale provided fresh torture for a franchise that hasn’t found consistent success in a quarter century. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n 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 it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession Syn|Hypo|Hyper torturing bastinado, falanga a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels boota form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed burninga form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin crucifixion, excruciationthe infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering genital tortureblunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal) judicial torturetorture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials kia quena form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed kitteea form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more nail pulling, nail removala form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed picket, piqueta form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake prolonged interrogationa form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours racka form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body sensory deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input sleep deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep strapado, strappadoa form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope electric shockthe use of electricity to administer punishment or torture dismemberment, taking apartthe removal of limbs; being cut to pieces persecution the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) 2n intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain Syn|Hyper agony, torment hurt, suffering feelings of mental or physical pain 3n unbearable physical pain Syn|Hyper torment hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 4n extreme mental distress Syn|Hyper anguish, torment distress, hurt, suffering psychological suffering 5v subject to torture Syn|Hypo|Hyper excruciate, torment rack torture on the rack martyr, martyrise, martyrizetorture and torment like a martyr injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 6v torment emotionally or mentally 2Syn|Hyper excruciate, rack, torment anguish, hurt, pain cause emotional anguish or make miserable n the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean Syn|Hyper distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting falsification, misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts |
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