Torture



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.酷刑, 折磨; v.对...施以苦刑
• ［英］ n.酷刑, 折磨 ( the infliction of intense pain to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure) ; _ v.对..._施以苦刑 ( to cause intense suffering to; torment)
• ［记］ tort ( 扭) +ure -> 扭打, 折磨

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist; probably akin to Old High German drāhsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle
• Date: 1540
• 1.
  • a. anguish of body or mind ; agony
  • b. something that causes agony or pain
• 2. the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure
• 3. distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument ; straining

II. transitive verb (tortured; torturing)

• Date: 1588
• 1. to cause intense suffering to ; torment
• 2. to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain
• 3. to twist or wrench out of shape ; distort, warp
• Synonyms: see afflict
• ? torturer noun

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