torture可以用作名词与动词，作名词时意为：拷打; 拷问; 酷刑; (精神上或肉体上的)折磨，痛苦; 折磨人的事物。作动词时意为：拷打; 拷问; 严刑逼供; 使痛苦; 使苦恼; 使焦急; 使受煎熬。
一、torture读音
英[ˈtɔːtʃə(r)]
美[ˈtɔːrtʃər]
二、词性转换
第三人称单数：tortures
复数：tortures
现在分词：torturing
过去式：tortured
过去分词：tortured
三、双语例句
1.He was subject to a full measure of Humiliating Torture in all these years.
多年来他受尽刑辱。
2.He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.
意识到自己的立场本身难以解释清楚，他备受折磨。
3.he idea of being separated from him, even for a few hours, was torture
一想到要和他分开，即便是短短几小时，都感到备受煎熬。
4.t is my understanding that this torture has been going on for many years
据我了解，这种折磨已经持续很多年了。
5.He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her
他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。
6.He tortured and mutilated six young men
他严刑拷问了6名年轻男子。
