1、invent

發(fā)明;創(chuàng)造;首創(chuàng)

He invented the first electric clock.

他發(fā)明了第一個電動機械鐘。

Writing had not been invented as yet.

書寫體系當時還沒有創(chuàng)造出來。

編造;捏造;虛構(gòu)

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.

我站著不動,試圖編個說得過去的借口。

2、torture

拷打;拷問;虐待

French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed.

法國警方確信她是被拷打致死。

Three members of the group had been tortured to death

該團體中有三個人被拷打致死。

折磨;使痛苦;使苦惱

He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.

他不愿與她爭辯，讓她更痛苦。

She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.

她想象著鮑勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里備受煎熬。

折磨;痛苦;苦惱;引起痛苦(或苦惱)的事物

Waiting for the result was torture.

等待結(jié)果的過程是一種折磨。

The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture

被單摩擦著他的皮膚，簡直像是酷刑。