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词汇 torturously
释义 torturously
adverb
uk /ˈtɔː.tʃər.əs.li/ us /ˈtɔːr.tʃər.əs.li/
in a way that involves a lot of suffering or difficulty:
I began to understand how torturously painful life has been for him all these years.
With a huge effort she placed one foot torturously after another.
Sitting through the play was a torturously unpleasant and pointless experience.
The restoration work on the cathedral is torturously painstaking.
I would love to visit more often, but I am put off by the torturously long flight.
European bureaucracy can be torturously slow.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Experiencing and suffering
(straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
afflict
affliction
almost/nearly die of somethingidiom
be a martyr to somethingidiom
be a victim of your own successidiom
bear
count
go through
grip
hands-on
hit someone where they liveidiom
hold onidiom
horse
ride
seat-of-the-pants
see lifeidiom
stricken
suffer the consequences
taste

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