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

• 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。
• Dear master, I am looking forward to your blessing, and hope that you will set me free because I live in a torturous environment.
  亲爱的师父，期盼您能加持我，让我重获自由，因为我生活在一个充满煎熬的环境中。
• If you love wearing high-heeled shoes but hate the torturous impact they have on your feet, then your prayers could be answered by the latest trend in shoe fashion.
  如果你喜欢穿高跟鞋，但又不愿意让双脚受折磨，那么最近流行的鞋品应该就是你一直在寻找的。
• Didn't these people realize that the man inside was dying and dying in torturous pain?
  这些人没有认识到里边的人要死了，而且在痛苦的疼痛中要死了？
• For Jerusha and the ninety-odd other children in the orphanage, the first Wednesday of every month was quite a torturous day.
  对洁茹以及孤儿院里其他九十几个院童来说，每个月的第一个礼拜三是一个十分难熬的日子。
• 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。
• His breathing was torturous
  他的呼吸充满痛苦。
• However, an overview of the political modernization of Britain, France, America and Japan reveals that they all underwent torturous development which lasted for fifty to even ninety years.
  然而纵观英、法、关、日诸国政治近代化的进程，元一例外都经历过曲折与反复。
• 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。
• 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。