torturous

英

美 [ˈtɔrˌtʃuəs]

adj.  折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的

BNC.46208 / COCA.23237

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的
  Something that istorturousis extremely painful and causes great suffering.
  1. His breathing was torturous…
     他的呼吸充满痛苦。
  2. This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
     这是一种让人受尽折磨、痛苦难忍的杀人方法。

英英释义

adj

• extremely painful
  Synonym:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturesome

双语例句

• Didn't these people realize that the man inside was dying and dying in torturous pain?
  这些人没有认识到里边的人要死了，而且在痛苦的疼痛中要死了？
• Christopher Bickley, a partner at the law firm Conyers Dill Pearman, said banks were now making it torturous to open BVI accounts, spurring companies to incorporate in Samoa and the Seychelles.
  康德明律师事务所（ConyersDillPearman）合伙人克里斯托弗•比克利（ChristopherBickley）表示，开设BVI账户正因银行业的举措而变得痛苦不堪，这促使企业转而在萨摩亚群岛和塞舌尔群岛开办公司。
• Under the all different structures 'combination, the water surface had large bias and turn-around in the torturous path, and in the middle of the path along the longitude, there had the regularity that sink bank surface was higher than the convex bank one.
  在所有结构组合条件下，弯道水面都有较大偏斜和扭曲，并且在弯道中部主法线方向上，基本为凹岸水面高凸岸水面低的规律。
• The cost information provided by traditional cost management system is torturous in modern manufacturing industry.
  在现代制造企业中，传统的成本管理系统所提供的成本信息显现了其局限性及不适应性。
• First, the real impetus of Kantian anthropological research comes from torturous experience.
  主要从两个方面，揭示痛苦智慧的本体论内涵，其一是言明康德人类学研究的真正动力，是痛苦体验；
• The study on King Lear in the West has experienced a long and torturous process.
  《李尔王》在西方的研究经历了一个曲折的过程。
• Then we would have argued and had a long, torturous vacation.
  然后，我们会争论，度过一个又长又折磨人的假期。
• It's lust, it's torturous, you must be a sorceress.
  这是欲望，这也是痛苦的折磨，你必定是一个魔法师。
• And it's an aching, torturous love which wrenches the lower extremities.
  而且是痛苦折磨的扭曲下肢的爱。
• From the perspective of genre to explore the history, we can listen to the torturous echo of genre in the history of response.
  从历史之维探寻体裁，从而可以聆听出体裁中曲折的历史回响。