n.折磨；苦恼；酷刑
Euthanasia is not yet legal in Japan, but given the excruciation suffering of patients with terminal cancer is terrible. 安乐死在日本尚未合法，忍受癌症末期这种酷刑是很可怕的。
If you feel compunctious about something ,you have received enough excruciation. 如果你为某事感到内疚，你已经受到了足够的折磨。
Aiming at bring into effect excruciation to defendant, bourgeois are incessant development and perfect, establish no additional punishment resulting from retrial procedure. 针对封建主对重审被告人施以酷刑，任意加重刑罚的现象，资产阶级在禁止不利益变更原则的基础上不断的发展和完善，在再审程序中确立了再审不加刑原则。
Excruciation in the Time of Transition: Heathendom and Tolerance--Research on Belief Tolerance before Religious Reform in England 过渡时期的磨难:异端与宽容--英国宗教改革前的信仰宽容问题
