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例句：Please spare me the gruesome details.
      你可别给我讲那些可怕的细节。

2.abduct vt.诱拐,绑走

例句：The bank manager was abducted at gunpoint.
      在枪口威胁下银行行长(或经理)被人绑架。

3.horrifying adj.惨烈，令人恐惧的,使人惊骇的

例句：He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.
      他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。

      He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past.
      他接下去讲了几件有关自己过去的令人震惊的轶事。

4.torture vt.拷打,拷问;折磨,使痛苦;歪曲,曲解

例句：They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
      他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。

5.pinpoint vt.精确地找到,准确地轰炸,强调

例句：His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.
      他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。

6.escalation n.扩大,增加