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VERB
拷打;拷問;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.
例句
French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...
法國警方確信她是被拷打致死。
Three members of the group had been tortured to death…
該團體中有三個人被拷打致死。
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VERB
折磨;使痛苦;使苦惱
To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety.
例句
He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her...
他不愿與她爭辯，讓她更痛苦。
She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.
她想象著鮑勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里備受煎熬。
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N-UNCOUNT
折磨;痛苦;苦惱;引起痛苦(或苦惱)的事物
If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.
例句
Waiting for the result was torture...
等待結果的過程是一種折磨。
The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture…
被單摩擦著他的皮膚，簡直像是酷刑。