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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The flight up-which can otherwise be a torturous half hour of self doubt-is a sightseeing pleasure.
  这次飞行也可能是折磨人的半小时自我质疑是一次愉悦观光机会。
• 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；
• And it's an aching, torturous love which wrenches the lower extremities.
  而且是痛苦折磨的扭曲下肢的爱。
• Under the all different structures 'combination, the water surface had large bias and turn-around in the torturous path, and in the middle of the path along the longitude, there had the regularity that sink bank surface was higher than the convex bank one.
  在所有结构组合条件下，弯道水面都有较大偏斜和扭曲，并且在弯道中部主法线方向上，基本为凹岸水面高凸岸水面低的规律。