Word
excruciate
使苦恼；折磨
to torment emotionally or mentally
- 1.
To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
使(某人)遭受剧痛或精神折磨；折磨。
施酷刑；拷问；使(某人)遭受剧痛或精神折磨；折磨。；施酷刑；拷问；使苦恼
In use
The memory of the accident still excruciates her every night.
He was excruciated by guilt after breaking his promise.
The long wait excruciated the anxious passengers.
excruciate + sb
直接宾语为人，表示使某人痛苦。
The memory of his failure excruciates him.
失败的回忆折磨着他。
excruciate + sb + with + sth
用with引出折磨的方式或工具。
The interrogators excruciated the prisoner with electric shocks.
审讯者用电击折磨囚犯。
be excruciated + by + sth/sb
被动结构，强调承受折磨的主体。
He was excruciated by guilt after the accident.
事故后他因内疚而备受煎熬。
Verb forms
base excruciate · third person excruciates · -ing excruciating · past excruciated · past participle excruciated
Common mistakes
The constant pain excruciates.The constant pain excruciates him.
excruciate 是及物动词，必须带宾语，不能独立使用。
He was excruciating by the headache.He was excruciated by the headache.
被动语态中应用过去分词 excruciated，而非现在分词 excruciating。
Connections
Confusing words
- exacerbate
- 加剧，使恶化 · exacerbate 指加剧痛苦、问题或情况（使本已不好的变得更糟），而 excruciate 指直接施加极度的痛苦或折磨。
- excoriate
- 严厉批评，痛斥 · excoriate 指严厉批评或谴责某人，而 excruciate 指使遭受身体或精神上的痛苦折磨。
- exculpate
- 证明无罪，开脱 · exculpate 指证明某人无罪或免除责任，而 excruciate 指折磨或令其痛苦。
Word family
- excruciates
- third person singular
- excruciated
- past, past participle
- excruciating
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.