1、invent

发明;创造;首创

He invented the first electric clock.

他发明了第一个电动机械钟。

Writing had not been invented as yet.

书写体系当时还没有创造出来。

编造;捏造;虚构

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.

我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

2、torture

拷打;拷问;虐待

French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed.

法国警方确信她是被拷打致死。

Three members of the group had been tortured to death

该团体中有三个人被拷打致死。

折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼

He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.

他不愿与她争辩，让她更痛苦。

She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend.

她想象着鲍勃和他的新女友在一起的情形，心里备受煎熬。

折磨;痛苦;苦恼;引起痛苦(或苦恼)的事物

Waiting for the result was torture.

等待结果的过程是一种折磨。

The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture

被单摩擦着他的皮肤，简直像是酷刑。