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

• It's lust, it's torturous, you must be a sorceress.
  这是欲望，这也是痛苦的折磨，你必定是一个魔法师。
• Teenagers are nothing if not experts at looking at the cruel, torturous underbelly of life.
  少年是将生活看做残忍，残酷的专家。
• 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；
• From the perspective of genre to explore the history, we can listen to the torturous echo of genre in the history of response.
  从历史之维探寻体裁，从而可以聆听出体裁中曲折的历史回响。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• The study on King Lear in the West has experienced a long and torturous process.
  《李尔王》在西方的研究经历了一个曲折的过程。
• 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。
• 18. Tortuous/ Torturous
  18.扭曲的，弯曲的/折磨人的