tortured 的 2 个定义
- the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- a method of inflicting such pain.
- Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
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tor·tured, tor·tur·ing.
- to subject to torture.
- to afflict with severe pain of body or mind: My back is torturing me.
- to force or extort by torture: We'll torture the truth from his lips!
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tortured 近义词
upset or hurt severely
更多tortured例句
- “While the spectacle of public torture in Aceh is horrific, authorities across the country continue to lead or participate in arbitrary raids and arrests in private spaces,” wrote Knight.
- Karataş was working as a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, covering a range of sensitive topics such as allegations of torture by state officials, prisoners’ rights and the Kurdish issue.
- Many asylum-seekers were victims of torture in their home countries, Gonzalez said.
- Tortured by his inward agitation, he rose and began to pace the room.
- Tortured by a multitude of alarming possibilities, Sun Bird again sent an anxious inquiry into the black depths of the cavern.
- Tortured by the insight that both enables and compels me to see through the sham and pretense.
- Tortured in the human alembic, she was at length resolved, seeing with a vision that pierced all her horizons.
- Tortured, those survivors inside were, constantly struggling for life, with vitality ever sinking lower.