T21. throne-T22. torture

throne

构词：thr（three 三, 众多）＋one（一, 首）

众人之首 n. 王位, 王权。

搭配：heir / claim to the throne, succeed to /come to /on the throne

近义：king, royal, monarch, crown, majesty, sovereign, emperor

torture, torment, torrent

构词：tor（twist, turn 扭转）＋ture（“true 真”）

扭打得到真话 n. / v. 扭曲, 拷打, 折磨。

相关：distort, extort, retort

辨析：torture—torment

搭配：use /suffer torture, under torture, terrible torture; 

            torture someone, someone has been tortured

torment n. / v. 折磨。

a man in torment, years of torment, mental / terrible torment; 

torment someone

torrent n. 洪流, 狂潮。

the stream becomes a torrent, the rain come in torrents; 

a torrent of abuse / criticism / comments / trouble / money / vehicles

近义：abuse, persecute, afflict; pain, distress, agony, suffer

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