n.拷問；痛苦

vt.拷問；使痛苦；曲解

Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim. 嚴(yán)刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都喪失人性。

She suffered the torture of toothache. 她因牙痛而痛苦。

He tortured his prisoners. 他拷打犯人。

He was tortured with anxiety. 他為焦慮所苦。

Winds tortured the trees. 風(fēng)把樹吹得歪歪斜斜。

torture的基本意思是嚴(yán)重折磨某人的身體和精神,使其產(chǎn)生極度痛苦、苦惱和緊張等不良感覺。

torture是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語。其賓語后也可接動詞不定式作目的狀語。