the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something
酷刑;刑讯;拷问。
great physical or mental suffering or anxiety
(肉体或精神上的)折磨;忧虑;痛苦
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the torture I've gone through because of loving you so .我因如此爱你而遭受的折磨。
a cause of such suffering or anxiety
痛苦(或忧虑)的原因
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dances were absolute torture because I was so small .因为我个子太矮,所以跳舞成了件极痛苦的事。
inflict severe pain on
拷打;使痛苦;折磨
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most of the victims had been brutally tortured .绝大多数受害者曾遭受酷刑。
cause great mental suffering or anxiety to
造成精神上的巨大痛苦;使忧虑
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he was tortured by grief .他极为悲痛。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting', or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin