1 the action of causing sb great pain either as a punishment or to make him/her say or do sth 折磨；拷打；刑讯: His confession was extracted under torture. 他是在严刑拷打下才招供的。

2 mental or physical suffering 精神或肉体上的折磨: It's torture having to sit here and listen to him complaining for hours. 坐在这里听他发几个小时牢骚真让人吃不消。 torture verbMost of the prisoners were tortured into making a confession. 大部份囚犯都是在严刑拷打下招供的。She was tortured by the thought that the accident was her fault. 她认为意外是她造成的，这使她非常痛苦。 ➔torturer noun [C]