注釋: torture vt. 折磨;拷問;歪曲
n. 折磨;拷問;歪曲
[ 過去式tortured 過去分詞tortured 現在分詞torturing ]
例句:
(1) No torture would make him speak.
任何嚴刑拷打都不能使他開口。
(2) You torture me with your doubts.
你的懷疑折磨著我。
(3) It is a kind of torture to most people.
對大多數人來說,它簡直就是一種折磨。
(4) The sight of his sick brother is torture to him.
看到他生病的哥哥那副樣子令他非常痛苦。
(5) Torture is routine in government detention centres.
政府拘留中心虐待疑犯是家常便飯。
(6) She had stumbled across a makeshift torture chamber.
她偶然發現了一個臨時代用的拷問室。
(7) A whole day without chocolate must be torture for you.
一整天沒有巧克力吃肯定讓你難受。
(8) The police used torture to extort a confession from me.
當地警察對他用刑想迫他招供。
(9) How can you forgive torture, child abuse and starvation?
你怎么能寬恕酷刑,虐童和饑餓?
(10) Torture her as they did, the enemy got nothing out of her.
雖然敵人拷打她,卻沒有能從她嘴里得到什么。
(11) Hey, Hey, whoa. Who said you kids could torture the sloth?
嘿!嘿!哇。誰說過你們這些小家伙可以折磨樹懶啦?
countenance n. 面容,表情;支持
vt. 支持,贊同
[ 過去式countenanced 過去分詞countenanced 現在分詞countenancing ]
詞組:
out of countenance 局促不安,不好意思;不舒服;難堪
例句:
(1) I could hardly keep my countenance .
我簡直忍不住要笑出來。
(2) His handsome countenance was overcast.
他那“英俊”的面容陰沉沮喪。
(3) How could you countenance such behaviour?
你怎么能縱容這種行為?。
(4) They would not countenance our suggestion.
他們不會批準我們的建議。
(5) Then, if cannot here behold Thy countenance.
現今在此我無法看見禰豐采。
(6) There was joy in his speech and countenance.
他欣喜之情, 形于辭色。
(7) She had a smooth, long suffering countenance.
她長著一張平和的,象是長期受苦的臉。
(8) I don't countenance violence in any situation.
任何情況下,我都不允許暴力。
(9) We will never countenance such unseemly behavior.
我們決不會支持這種不正當行為。
(10) The actor had a handsome and distinguished countenance.
有一個漂亮的演員和杰出的面容。
(11) He looked so funny that I could not keep my countenance.
他的樣子很滑稽,我忍不住笑起來。
(12) He spoke a fine English. His countenance was open and hearty .
他講一口好英語,表情豪爽而懇切。
(13) He is a gentle man, has a fine countenance and a charming voice.
他是個溫文爾雅的人,生得眉清目秀,談話的聲音非常悅耳。