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单词 torturous
释义
torturous
adjective
uk
/ˈtɔː.tʃər.əs/us
/ˈtɔːr.tʃər.əs/
involvinga lot ofsufferingordifficulty:
非常艰苦的，备受折磨的
the torturouspathtopassingthebill通过此项法案的艰苦过程
Synonym
harrowing
Compare
tortuous
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experiencing and suffering
  • (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
  • be a martyr tosomethingidiom
  • be a victim ofyourown successidiom
  • bear
  • count
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • get/haveyourfingers burnedidiom
  • go through
  • grip
  • hands-on
  • horse
  • ride
  • run up againstsomething
  • seat-of-the-pants
  • see lifeidiom
  • stricken
  • taste
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(Definition oftorturousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftorturous

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But the path they travel to this assessment is in some cases too short, in some methodologicallytorturousand in others full of conceptual and historical pitfalls.
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It has been atorturouspath, full of evolution and contradiction, assertions and ambiguities, standard stands and thoughtful attempts to work things out in his mind.
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Three quarters of the total stock perished intorturousconditions.
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I draw attention to the far moretorturousdisease of emphysema.
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It has been a long andtorturousnegotiation, but the result, although long overdue, is an important step forward for the world economy.
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The past few months have beentorturousfor the farming and hill communities and all those in the rural villages.
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The order that we are considering tonight is the culmination of that bungled andtorturousprocess.
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We would be back in thistorturoussituation of competitive devaluation that would have brought our real economy to its knees in the face of international financial speculation.
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I can remember thattorturousexperience.
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Somec creates an unbearable,torturousburning sensation throughout the body while pushing the patient to suspended animation.
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The process of each experiment has been shown to be excruciatingly painful andtorturous.
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It is written from the third person perspective and chronologically follows thetorturousstories of three different women and their eventual survival as individuals.
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History records many military operations involving cities, of which a large number degenerated intotorturoussituations with massive casualties.
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Two days later, the main group began itstorturoustrek across the ice hummocks with the three boat-sleds.
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There are 32torturouspunishments he can hand out, including boiling, roasting, impaling, and pouring molten metal down the offender's throat.
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