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折磨 (摺磨)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

折磨 [zhémó]
  1. 1. verb torment
    她身体虚弱,经常遭受疾病的折磨
    She's in poor health and often tormented by illness.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

折磨 [zhémó]
  1. 1. afflict; cause physical or mental suffering; torment; torture;prey
    受疾病的折磨
    suffer severely from a lingering illness

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

折磨 [zhémó]
  1. 1. 使人(在肉体或精神上)感到痛苦
    久病不愈,真够折磨人的。

Examples

万恶的封建礼教把这个年轻的妇女活生生地折磨死了。
The barbarous feudal ethical code literally snuffed out her young life.
受尽反动派的折磨
suffer all kinds of tortures at the hands of the reactionaries
她在这部话剧里扮演一个受尽折磨的女奴。
She plays the role of a tortured woman slave in the drama.
经受折磨
experience suffering
他被内疚折磨着。
He is tortured by guilt.
他的精神和肉体都受到了折磨
He endured both physical and mental torture.
病痛折磨着他,但他一声也不哼
折磨

Collocations

不断折磨
to torture sb. relentlessly
非人的折磨
brutal torture
精神折磨
mental torture
折磨
to be tortured
折磨至死
to be tortured to death

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