tortured

英 [ˈtɔːtʃəd]

美 [ˈtɔːrtʃərd]

adj.  遭受重创的; 饱受煎熬的
v.  拷打; 拷问; 严刑逼供; 使痛苦; 使苦恼; 使焦急; 使受煎熬
torture的过去分词和过去式

过去式：tortured　过去分词：tortured　

BNC.20190 / COCA.15248

牛津词典

adj.

• 遭受重创的；饱受煎熬的
  suffering severely; involving a lot of suffering and difficulty
  1. a tortured mind
     苦难的心

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拷打;拷问;虐待
  If someoneis tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.
  1. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
     法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。
  2. Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
     该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
  3. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
     他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
  4. Tortureis also a noun.
     
  5. ...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
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
• VERB 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼
  Totorturesomeone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.
  1. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
     他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
  2. She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
     她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。
• N-UNCOUNT 折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物
  If you say that something istortureor atorture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.
  1. Waiting for the result was torture...
     等待结果的过程是一种折磨。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

adj

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
  1. an anguished conscience
  2. a small tormented schoolboy
  3. a tortured witness to another's humiliation
  Synonym:anguishedtormented

双语例句

• He talked with people who have been raped and tortured.
  他说话的人谁被强奸和酷刑。
• He tortured and mutilated six young men
  他严刑拷问了6名年轻男子。
• I was tortured with a toothache last night.
  我昨晚被牙痛折磨了一晚上。
• Or which one do I want to not be tortured?
  或是我不希望哪一个被折磨？
• Three members of the group had been tortured to death
  该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。
• They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence.
  他们再也没有当他的面严刑拷打过囚犯。
• Authorities also found the bodies of26 people who had been kidnapped and tortured.
  政府官员也发现了有26名人被诱拐和严刑拷打过。
• ANC and other antiapartheid fighters were arrested, detained, and tortured.
  非国大成员和其他反种族隔离的斗士遭到逮捕、扣留和折磨。
• He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.
  意识到自己的立场本身难以解释清楚，他备受折磨。
• I was tortured to death.
  这可把我折磨死了。