torture

拷問

罰を与えたり情報を得たりするために、わざと激しい苦痛を与える行為。

やさしい英語で： The act of deliberately causing someone severe pain, often to punish them or make them give information.

• Torture causes terrible pain.
• The prisoners reported torture by the guards.
• He confessed under torture.

よく使う表現： under torture, use torture, torture victims, physical torture

苦痛、苦しみ

非常につらく、不快で、心を苦しめる体験。

やさしい英語で： An experience that makes you feel extremely unhappy, uncomfortable, or upset.

• The waiting was torture.
• For him, sitting through the long speech was pure torture.
• Hearing that song again would be torture.

類義語： agony, torment

よく使う表現： pure torture, absolute torture, torture for someone

拷問する

罰や情報を目的に、人にわざと激しい痛みや苦しみを与えること。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately cause someone severe pain or suffering, often to punish them or get information.

• The guards tortured the prisoner.
• She was tortured for refusing to answer.
• They had tortured him to get information.

使い方： torture someone into doing something (They tortured him into revealing the names.)

類義語： torment

よく使う表現： torture a prisoner, torture someone physically, torture someone into