tor
ture
第三人称
tortures
现在进行时
torturing
过去式
tortured
过去完成时
tortured
1
折磨, 拷问
to inflict extreme mental pain, distress, or anxiety on someone
及物动词
- The constant interrogation seemed to torture him mentally, breaking his spirit.
不断的审问似乎在精神上折磨着他，摧毁了他的精神。
- He was tortured by the thought of losing his family.
他因想到失去家人而受到折磨。
- The memories of the event still tortured her, even after many years.
事件的记忆多年后仍在折磨着她。
- The uncertainty about her future tortured her every night.
对她未来的不确定性每晚都在折磨着她。
- The guilt over his actions tortured him for months after the incident.
他对自己的行为感到内疚，这件事之后折磨了他好几个月。
2
折磨
to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them
及物动词
- The captors attempted to torture the prisoner into revealing classified information.
绑架者试图折磨囚犯以迫使其透露机密信息。
- In some authoritarian regimes, authorities are known to torture political dissidents.
在一些威权主义政权中，当局以折磨政治异见人士而闻名。
- The military interrogators were accused of torturing detainees during the investigation.
军事审讯人员被指控在调查期间折磨被拘留者。
- Human rights activists work tirelessly to raise awareness about regimes that continue to torture their citizens.
人权活动家不懈努力，以提高对那些继续折磨其公民的政权的认识。
- Efforts are ongoing to prevent and address instances where law enforcement may torture suspects in custody.
正在努力防止和处理执法人员在拘留期间可能酷刑嫌疑人的情况。
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