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be a torturer
torturer 是可数名词，常作表语；强调某人的职业或行为身份。
He was a torturer during the war, but he now regrets his actions.
战争期间他曾是一名施刑者，但现在他后悔自己的所作所为。
施酷刑者；拷问者；虐待者
torturers — plural of torturer
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
施酷刑者；拷问者；虐待者
a person who inflicts severe physical pain, usually for punishment or coercion
He was a torturer during the war, but he now regrets his actions.
战争期间他曾是一名施刑者，但现在他后悔自己的所作所为。
施酷刑者；拷打者；折磨者。
Someone who tortures.
The torturer forced the spy to reveal the names of his contacts.
那名拷问者强迫间谍说出他联络人的名字。
In the old kingdom, torturers were feared more than the king himself.
在那个古老的王国里，拷问者比国王本人更令人畏惧。
She wrote a novel about a young woman who falls in love with a torturer.
她写了一本关于一个年轻女子爱上一名拷问者的小说。
torturer 是可数名词，常作表语；强调某人的职业或行为身份。
He was a torturer during the war, but he now regrets his actions.
战争期间他曾是一名施刑者，但现在他后悔自己的所作所为。
用 of 引出被施刑的对象；这里指实施酷刑的人，而不是刑罚或工具。
The villagers feared the torturer of the prisoners.
村民们害怕那些囚犯的施刑者。
用 my, your, his, her 等物主限定词，表示“折磨某人的人”，比 of 结构更简洁。
She never forgave her torturer.
她从未原谅过她的施刑者。
Not this
The torture was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Use this
The torturer was sentenced to ten years in prison.
torture 作名词指“拷打、拷问”这一行为，不能指人；表示“实施拷打的人”要用名词 torturer。原句主语应为“拷问者”，所以改为 torturer。
Not this
He torturer his victims in the basement.
Use this
He tortures his victims in the basement.
torturer 是名词“拷问者”，不能作谓语动词。表“拷打、拷问”的动词是 torture；主语 he 是第三人称单数，谓语应变为 tortures。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
残忍的施刑者
The novel's villain is a sadistic torturer who enjoys his work.
小说中的反派是个残忍的施刑者，他享受自己的工作。
拷问者的受害者
The torturer's victim finally confessed under the pain.
拷问者的受害者最终在痛苦中招供了。
国家施刑者
The dictator's secret police were state torturers.
独裁者的秘密警察是国家施刑者。
拷问者的工具
The museum displayed the torturer's tools in glass cases.
博物馆在玻璃柜中展出了拷问者的工具。
职业施刑者
In the old regime, he worked as a professional torturer.
旧政权时期，他是一名职业施刑者。
施刑者的角色
She studied the torturer's role in political repression.
她研究了施刑者在政治镇压中的角色。
拷问者的马在一棵树上蹭它无辜的屁股。
From W. H. Auden's poem Musée des Beaux Arts (1938), inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. While Icarus drowns in the background, ordinary life continues, and the torturer's horse is part of that indifferent everyday scene.
出自 W. H. 奥登的诗《美术馆》（1938），灵感来自老彼得·勃鲁盖尔的画作《伊卡洛斯坠落的风景》。当伊卡洛斯在背景中溺亡时，日常生活照常继续，拷问者的马正是那冷漠日常场景的一部分。
Use torturers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：torture（折磨）加上表示人的-er，折磨别人的人就是拷问者、虐待者。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律与人权语境、历史叙述 torturer 是中性名词，多用于新闻、法律或历史语境，指实施酷刑的人；日常口语中较少使用，可译为“拷问者”或“虐待者”。
torturer /ˈtɔːrtʃərər/ has no common exact rhyme. The words murderer, wanderer, conqueror, and treasurer share the final unstressed sequence /ərər/, but their stressed vowels differ, so none rhymes with torturer. Be careful with lookalikes: torture /ˈtɔːrtʃər/ lacks the final /ər/ syllable, and tutor /ˈtuːtər/ sounds quite different.
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