Word · Frequency #7091
Fully loadedtortured
折磨；拷打；拷问
tortured is the past of torture.
to cause someone severe physical or mental pain, especially to force them to say something or to punish them
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To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
故意对某人施加剧烈痛苦或折磨,通常为了逼供或惩罚。
故意对某人施加剧烈痛苦或折磨,通常为了逼供或惩罚。；拷问；曲解；折磨；使弯曲
In use
The detective tortured the suspect during the interrogation.
The prisoner was tortured until he gave up the name of his contact.
Torturing innocent people is forbidden by international law.
torture + object
The dictator tortured his political opponents.
独裁者折磨他的政治对手。
torture + object + with + noun
They tortured the prisoner with electric shocks.
他们用电击折磨囚犯。
torture + object + into + doing
Connections
Collocations
- torture someone
- 拷打某人；折磨某人
- The dictator's secret police tortured anyone suspected of dissent.独裁者的秘密警察拷打任何有异议嫌疑的人。
- torture someone to death
- 拷打致死
- The victim was brutally tortured to death.受害者被残忍地拷打致死。
- torture someone into confessing
- 拷打逼供
- They tortured the suspect into confessing to the crime.他们拷打嫌疑人，逼他承认罪行。
- torture someone with something
- 用某物折磨某人
- The interrogators tortured him with electric shocks.审讯者用电击折磨他。
- be tortured
- 被折磨；被拷打
- Many prisoners were tortured during the war.战争期间许多囚犯受到拷打。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：torture = tort（折磨）+ ure（名词后缀），或谐音'拖车'，拖拽造成痛苦。
Context & Register
语境：法律审讯、心理虐待。语域：正式/强烈，多用于严肃场合，日常口语较少使用。
Grammar Note
及物动词，表示折磨或拷打
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling '-ture' but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme with 'torture'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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