Cutting into halves was not an excruciation only in late Tang Dynasty or previous Dynasties, which had existed in the early Tang Dynasty.
腰斩唐前期既已存在，并不仅仅是唐代后期或者前代酷刑等等。The US developed its own definition of torture and began transporting captives to ghost prisons and a little-known military base in Cuba.
美国发展了自己对“酷刑”一词的定义，并开始将俘虏送到幽灵监狱（ghostprison）和一个位于古巴的鲜为人知的军事基地。opposed to any application of the death penalty and torture of prisoners, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
反对对任何囚犯实施死刑和酷刑，或其他残忍、不人道或侮辱性的待遇或惩罚。In the night terrible dreams had broken his sleep, and made it a long torture.
在可怕的梦打破了他的睡眠，使之成为长期的酷刑。At least that's the talk this week as the judges up the torture quotient, taking train-wreck TV viewing to a whole new level.
至少这讲座本周起酷刑商数作为法官，同时列车电视收看到毁掉整个新水平。Others say they were imprisoned, tortured and only released on condition that they sign documents promising to leave Bhutan.
其他人称他们被监禁起来受到酷刑，只有签署了离开不丹的文件才能放人。And yet, torture is still practised or tolerated by many States. Impunity persists for the perpetrators. The victims continue to suffer.
然而，在许多国家，酷刑依然存在或得到容忍。施加酷刑者依然不受惩罚。受害者继续忍受痛苦。Torture was formerly used to make people give evidence about crimes, or to make them confess.
酷刑拷打原本用来逼迫受刑者给出犯罪证据，或是认罪。ChenLiGong believe I can survive the torture, her teeth were dial the out, she said I could make it through the pass is due to ChongFeng.
陈丽红置信本人能挺过酷刑，她的牙齿被拨了出来，她说本人能熬过这一关是由于崇奉。