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双解例句
小知识
To torture is to torment or purposefully put someone through intense pain or agony.
The word torture comes from the word for “harm.” It can refer to the deliberate infliction of physical or mental suffering in order to punish or obtain information; the act of distorting something, so it means something it wasn't intended to mean; or extreme mental distress or unbearable physical pain not necessarily inflicted by another.
实用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: tort
=twist,表示”扭曲”
adj.
tortuous 弯弯曲曲的,蜿蜒的tort扭曲+uous多……的→弯曲的
n.
contortion 扭弯, 扭歪, 歪曲contort[v.[使]扭曲]+ion表名词→n.扭弯, 扭歪, 歪曲
contortionist 柔术[柔软体操]演员contortion[n.扭弯, 扭歪, 歪曲]+ist人→n.柔术[柔软体操]演员
distortion 弄歪,歪曲;畸变distort[v.弄歪[嘴脸等];扭曲;歪曲[真理,事实等]]+ion表名词→n.弄歪,歪曲;畸变
extortion 强取extort[v.强索]+ion表名词→n.强取
retortion 报复retort[n.&v.报复,反击,反驳]+ion表名词→n.报复
torment 折磨;令人痛苦的东西[人]tor=tort扭曲+ment表名词,物等→扭的状态→拷问;苦恼
torsion [物][机] 扭转, 转矩tors=tort扭曲+ion表名词→n.[物][机] 扭转, 转矩
torture 拷问;折磨,痛苦tort扭曲+ure→扭曲[别人]→折磨
n.&v.
retort 报复,反击,反驳re回+tort扭曲→反过来扭→报复
v.
contort [使]扭曲con全部+tort扭曲→全部扭曲
distort 弄歪[嘴脸等];扭曲;歪曲[真理,事实等]dis不,坏+tort扭曲→扭坏了→曲解,歪曲
extort 强索ex出+tort扭曲→强扭出来→强夺
torment 折磨;纠缠tor=tort扭曲+ment表名词,物等→扭的状态→拷问;苦恼
torture 拷问,拷打;折磨,磨难tort扭曲+ure→扭曲[别人]→折磨
同义词辨析
这些名词均有”苦恼,痛苦”之意。