Tortureとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
• Homophone: torcher
• ハイフネーション: tor‧ture

名詞

torture (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 tortures)

1. intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
   • 2014 January 1, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review‎^[1], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, DOI:10.1075/aila.27.02kra, ISSN 1461-0213, page 35:

     If Cheney calls it enhanced interrogation, he argues, this still doesn’t change the meaning of the word torture, which Cheney and the public know perfectly well. But cognitive linguists like Lakoff (1996) remind us that the public can be manipulated into believing that torture is “merely” an enhanced interrogation technique and thus does not protest.

   • 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).

   Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.

   In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.

   People confess to anything under torture.

2. (chiefly literary) the "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships

   Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!

   Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. ([3])

3. (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment

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動詞

torture (三人称単数 現在形 tortures, 現在分詞 torturing, 過去形および過去分詞形 tortured)

1. (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

   People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

   In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.

派生語

Further reading

• torture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• torture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• torture at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• trouter, tutorer

Latin

Participle

tortūre

1. vocative masculine singular of tortūrus