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IELTS BNC: 7091 COCA: 5272

C2 [ U ] the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information, or to be cruel to a person or animal拷打;拷问;折磨;虐待

Half of the prisoners died after torture and starvation.半数的囚犯死于拷打和饥饿。
He revealed the secret under torture.在严刑拷打之下他吐露了秘密。

C1 [ C or U ] informal a very unpleasant experience折磨,煎熬

The rush-hour traffic was sheer torture as usual.交通高峰期像往常一样简直就是一种煎熬。

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Even under torture, he refused to deny his faith.

They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture.

Human rights campaigners have discovered documentary evidence of torture.

She was subjected to torture and lengthy interrogations.

The torture failed to break the prisoner's spirit.

C2 to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally拷打;拷问;折磨;虐待

It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in a city police station.据称在一所市警察局里警察将一名男子拷打致死。

to cause mental pain使精神上受到折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼

He tortured himself for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road.他本可以阻止那个男孩跑到马路上去的想法多年来一直折磨着他。

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He was tortured in prison.

They were tortured until they revealed where the weapons were hidden.

If they catch him, they will torture him.

As a child, he liked to torture insects.


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