We've been told by caregivers - medical doctors and nurses in the hospitals - they have seen clear signs of torture in people who have been brought in a bad condition after they've been tortured,"

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All I want to stress is that my discovery of her was a fatal consequence of that "princedom by the sea" in my tortured past.

我想强调的是，我对她的发现,乃是在扭曲的过去里建筑的那座海边王国的致命后果。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is somebody being tortured at the stake for merely existing, for having not confessed to being a Protestant or a Catholic or whatever.

那个人被毫无缘由地处决,或者由于新教徒或天主教徒的身份,或者其他什么原因而受罚

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The pain of stubbing your toe obviously doesn't count for nearly as much as the pain of a migraine, which doesn't count nearly as the pain of being tortured.

踩到脚趾的痛苦,远不及偏头痛严重，偏头痛的痛苦远不及被折磨的痛苦。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

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