Because if I were to say Torture this one and then he does it, think about what's going to happen.

因为如果我说“折磨这个”然后他真的做了，试想一下会发生什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And that can be an ordeal for the child, and of course, for the parents or the nurses who were looking after him.

这对于孩子是一种折磨，对于照顾他的,父母和医护人员也是如此。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But, he was set up and he was hideously tortured here and he was killed.

总之就是,他被人陷害,并在这被残忍的折磨致死

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

In 1718, he ordered a man kept alive after being horribly tortured, so he could be tortured some more and suffer as long as humanly possible.

718年 他下令救活一名遭受酷刑的男子,却是为了尽可能长时间地折磨他

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Even though he swapped our personalities, it's still me he's torturing.

即使他把我们的人格互换，他折磨的还是我。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The best example I can think of offhand, I should let this wait, but Peter the Great, the czar of the Russians, who may or may not have beaten his son to death, at least he ordered him tortured.

我现在临时能想到的最好的例子,就是沙皇彼得大帝,本来要等会再说的,彼得大帝是否判处了自己儿子死刑 还有争论,但至少他曾下令用酷刑折磨他的儿子

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选