It was sort of a confession—and a glimpse into his tortured soul.

那是种坦白——可以一窥他备受煎熬的灵魂。

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His tortured scream shrilled high in the corrupted space of his room.

他的拷问尖叫声在他的房间被空间腐烂的中高度地用尖锐的声音说。

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He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention.

他说在拘留期间没有遭到拷问和虐待。

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Russell heads the Cartoonists Rights Network International, and counts among his clients, cartoonists who have been imprisoned, tortured,even killed.

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When he returns, his father orders him tortured.

他一回到俄国,他的父亲就下令对他用刑

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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

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But rather than complain about his tortured celebrity on an album that will enhance his status further, maybe he should save it for a shrink.

BBC: Robbie Williams

The leading actors, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, barely put a foot wrong, although the story is crammed with wrongness and awkwardness of every kind the pair of them trying and failing to rekindle old desires, for instance, on the floor of a cheap motel, or the unforgettable sequence in which she dances, badly, to his tortured singing on a cold night.

NEWYORKER: Blue Valentine

While she remained dedicated to this mission through thick and thin, Lawrence agonized, faltered, and finally abandoned the Arab issue and tried to escape from his own tortured personality, to reappear in the nondescript persona of one Aircraftsman Shaw.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Gertrude Bell'