Torture
[ 't?rt?? ]
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n. 拷問;折磨;痛苦;（精神上或肉體上的）折磨;
vt. 使痛苦;使苦惱;使焦急;曲解;
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tort扭轉+ure表名詞→扭曲別人 →折磨
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His scars bore witness to the torture he had suffered.
他身上的一處處傷痕證明他曾受到嚴刑拷打。
The sight of his sick brother was torture to him.
看到他生病的哥哥那副樣子令他非常痛苦。
The wound festers during several days of torture.
傷口潰瘍了，折騰了我好幾天。
He was tortured with anxiety.
他為焦慮所苦。
The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
警方對他嚴刑逼供.
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ to-似數字“70”,r-拼音“人”,ture-諧音“球”:70個人在拷問球
※ fortune-命運,torture-痛苦:天山童姥的命運中總是充滿愛恨交加的痛苦
※ tor-諧音“偷”,tu-拼音“兔”,re-諧音“阿姨”:偷兔子的阿姨受到了拷打
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-tort-表示“扭”
常見變體有-tour-
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torture
n[C, U]
1 (method of) deliberately inflicting severe pain, as a punishment or in order to force sb to say or do sth 刑法; 刑訊; 嚴刑逼迫
barbaric tortures 野蠻的刑法
the widespread use of torture 遍施酷刑
She died under torture. 她受嚴刑拷打致死.
[attrib 作定語]
torture instruments 刑具.
2 (fig 比喻) (instance of) great physical or mental suffering 對肉體或精神的折磨
the tortures of suspense, fear, jealousy,etc 疑慮、 恐懼、 忌妒等的煎熬
This tooth of mine is sheer torture! 我這顆牙真折磨人! torture, v [Tn]
1 inflict severe pain on (sb) 使（某 人）極其痛苦; 折磨
accused the regime of torturing its political opponents 譴責該政權迫害政敵.
2 (fig 比喻) cause (sb) great physical or mental suffering 造成（某人）肉體或精神上的巨大痛苦
tortured by anxiety 受焦慮的煎熬.
?? 考研助記
偷竊（諧音）：偷竊被逮會被 拷打 tor(拖)+ture(扯):又拖又扯- 折磨 拷打 網友：yqy 補充：源自tort：torture是tort行為；tort撕裂（＝tear），ure：撕裂他－－拷打他
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*['t?:t??]n. 拷問, 苦悶vt. 拷問, 曲解, 折磨, 使彎曲【法】 拷問, 拷打, 刑訊相關詞組: be in torture
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Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官員們過去總是搞不清埃利斯島過境人員的外國姓名，因為他們非常繁忙，所以在過境的人蜂擁而至的時候，許多人的姓名都被更改了。
And because I was deaf, I could not learn to speak.
因為我耳聾，我不能學說話。
The wagging dance of the honey bee, therefore, did show the direction of a feeding place.
如果喂食地點背離太陽，搖擺舞的直線部分就朝下。因此，蜜蜂的搖擺舞的確表示喂食點的方向。