1 VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待 If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. 拷打;拷问;虐待
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French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed. [be VERB-ed]
法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
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Three members of the group had been tortured to death… [be VERB-ed]
该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
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They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence. [VERB noun]
他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
SYN torment, abuse, persecute, afflict
Torture is also a noun.
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...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces.
指控安全部队严刑拷问和谋杀的案例
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Many died under torture, others committed suicide…
很多人被酷刑折磨致死，另一些人则选择了自杀。
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I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared.
我还以为这是中世纪的酷刑，早已令人庆幸地不复存在了。
2 VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼 To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
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He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her. [VERB noun]
他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
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She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + with]
她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
SYN distress, torment, worry, trouble
3 N-UNCOUNT [oft a NOUN] 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物 If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering. 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物 [informal]
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Waiting for the result was torture.
等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
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The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture…
被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。
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Learning — something she had always loved — became a torture.
学习—她一直喜欢的事情—变成了一种痛苦。
SYN agony, suffering, misery, anguish
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