| 釋義 |
torture 'tsrt/v/ vt [VP6A, 16A] cause severe suffering tq: 使受劇利痛苦; 折磨： ~ a man to make him confess sth; 對某人施刑使招認(rèn)某事; 拷問; 刑求; ~d with anxiety. 為煩惱所苦。 n 1 [U] torturing; infliction of severe bodily or mental suffering: 折磨; 拷問; 對身心的折磨： put a man to the ~, ~ him (esp to get a confession or to make him supply information); 折磨某人; (尤指)拷問; 刑求; instruments of ~. 刑具。 2 (C, U] pain so inflicted or suffered; method of torturing: (折磨或刑求所造成的)痛苦; 折磨或拷問的方法： suffer ~ from toothache; 因牙痛而受折磨; the ~ of the damned, ie in Hell. 地獄中永劫不復(fù)的靈魂所受的痛苦。 torturer n |