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

• Christopher Bickley, a partner at the law firm Conyers Dill Pearman, said banks were now making it torturous to open BVI accounts, spurring companies to incorporate in Samoa and the Seychelles.
  康德明律师事务所（ConyersDillPearman）合伙人克里斯托弗•比克利（ChristopherBickley）表示，开设BVI账户正因银行业的举措而变得痛苦不堪，这促使企业转而在萨摩亚群岛和塞舌尔群岛开办公司。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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；
• Does the universe condense and expand periodically? Torturous questions, to me.
  宇宙是不是有周期地凝聚和膨胀？
• This article explores from a new non-rational perspective the torturous wisdom of Kantian philosophy and aesthetics, and shows the ontological significance of torturous wisdom in two aspects.
  以非理性的全新视角，挖掘康德哲学美学的痛苦智慧，及其本体论意义。
• 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。