Word · Frequency #7091
Fully loadedtortures
酷刑；拷问
tortures is the plural of torture.
核心释义
尤指作为惩罚或逼供手段；复数形式可指拷打器械或方法。
The act of deliberately inflicting severe pain, especially as punishment or to obtain information; also a method or device used for this.
- 1.
施加剧烈痛苦,尤指审讯或惩罚手段；通常用复数形式指代造成这种痛苦的技巧、方法或装置。
The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
- 2.
极度的精神痛苦
extreme mental distress
- 3.
身心上的剧烈痛苦。
Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
- 4.
难以忍受的身体疼痛
unbearable physical pain
- 5.
令人不快的感觉或其施加,如尴尬、心痛等。
An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
- 6.
用法In use
Waiting for the test results was pure torture for the whole family.
用法提示：此处‘torture’为不可数名词，表示极度的精神痛苦或煎熬。
The pain from his injured back was torture, and he could barely sleep.
用法提示：此处‘torture’为名词，指身体上的剧烈疼痛和痛苦感受。
Listening to that boring lecture was one of the worst tortures I have ever experienced.
用法提示：此处使用复数形式‘tortures’，表示令人痛苦的事件，强调极度的难受。
be torture for sb
主语通常是令人痛苦的事，for 后接承受痛苦的人。
Waiting for the results was torture for her.
等待结果对她来说是一种折磨。
under torture
固定搭配，多用于审讯语境，指在酷刑逼供的情况下。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- physical torture
- 身体上的酷刑；肉体折磨
- The prisoners were subjected to physical torture.囚犯们遭受了身体上的酷刑。
- mental torture
- 精神折磨；心理折磨
- The uncertainty was pure mental torture.这种不确定性简直是一种精神折磨。
- instruments of torture
- 刑具
- The museum displays medieval instruments of torture.这座博物馆展出了中世纪的刑具。
- torture chamber
- 刑讯室；拷问室
- The soldiers discovered a hidden torture chamber.士兵们发现了一个隐藏的刑讯室。
- under torture
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：torture 里的 tort 像 tore（撕裂），酷刑就是撕裂般的极度痛苦。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal or news reporting、everyday speech (hyperbole) torture 作名词时，字面义（酷刑、拷打）通常出现在法律、新闻等较正式语境；口语中也常用作夸张说法，表示极其难受或痛苦的事情。实际语气需看搭配和语境。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常不可数，但在指代具体折磨形式时可数
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in the letters -ture, so they look like torture, but none rhymes exactly with it. In torture the first syllable is stressed and contains /ɔr/ (or /ɔː/), while culture, lecture, nature, picture, structure, and capture have different stressed vowels. So treat the shared spelling as a visual clue only, not a sound guide.
用法优先级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。
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