torturous

英

美 [ˈtɔrˌtʃuəs]

adj.  折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的

BNC.46208 / COCA.23237

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 折磨人的;极端痛苦的;引起痛苦的
  Something that istorturousis extremely painful and causes great suffering.
  1. His breathing was torturous…
     他的呼吸充满痛苦。
  2. This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
     这是一种让人受尽折磨、痛苦难忍的杀人方法。

英英释义

adj

• extremely painful
  Synonym:agonizingagonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturesome

双语例句

• He lives with his torturous sister and her kindly husband until an unknown benefactor showers Pip in wealth.
  他一直和泼辣的姐姐和和蔼可亲的父亲生活在一起，直到一位无名的捐助者给予了他大量的钱财。
• 18. Tortuous/ Torturous
  18.扭曲的，弯曲的/折磨人的
• The works shows us "the quiet and happy world of a bolder town", combines natural beauty and beauty of human's emotion and virtue, it also states a movable and torturous love story.
  作品不仅构建了一个由自然美、人性美、人情美相融合而成的恬和秀美的边城世界，而且还讲述了一个曲婉动人的爱情故事。
• They may be beaten eventually to death by a man in their home or subject to what we consider torturous behavior or imprisonment.
  或许，这些妇女最终被，家中的男人殴打致死，或者最终屈服于这种殴打折磨，甚至监禁。
• Despite the torturous make-up, it was acting as a23-year-old that Lau found the most challenging.
  除去化妆之苦，扮演一个23岁的年轻人对刘德华来说也是一个巨大的挑战。
• Then we would have argued and had a long, torturous vacation.
  然后，我们会争论，度过一个又长又折磨人的假期。
• But it will have endured a fairly torturous journey – from a port in China, across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal, and then by rail from the port of Miami.
  但这种纸张将经历一个相当曲折的行程&从中国的某个港口出发，穿越太平洋，经过巴拿马运河，然后从迈阿密港口通过铁路运抵目的地。
• It is slow and torturous.
  它是缓慢和曲折。
• On the Theory of All-around Development of Humans& the Origin, the Torturous Practice and the Contemporary Development of the Study of Humans
  人学渊源·曲折实践·当代发展&从历史考察看人的全面发展理论的当代形态与价值
• First, the real impetus of Kantian anthropological research comes from torturous experience.
  主要从两个方面，揭示痛苦智慧的本体论内涵，其一是言明康德人类学研究的真正动力，是痛苦体验；