abuse
英 [?'bju?z]
美[?'bjus]
- n. 濫用；虐待；辱罵；弊端；惡習，陋習
- vt. 濫用；虐待；辱罵
- n. (Abuse)人名；(英)阿比斯
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?abuses;第三人稱單數(shù):?abuses;過去式:?abused;過去分詞:?abused;現(xiàn)在分詞:?abusing;
中文詞源
abuse 濫用
前綴ab-, 非，不好。use,使用。
英文詞源
- abuse
- abuse: see use
- abuse (v.)
- early 15c., "to misuse, misapply," from Middle French abuser, from Vulgar Latin *abusare, from Latin abusus "an abusing, using up," past participle of abuti "use up," also "misuse," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + uti "use" (see use). Of sexual situations from early 15c., but originally incest, homosexuality, prostitution, etc.; meaning "to misuse sexually, ravish" is from 1550s. Specifically of drugs, from 1968. Related: Abused; abusing.
- abuse (n.)
- mid-15c., "improper practice," from Old French abus (14c.), from Latin abusus (see abuse (v.)). Earlier in Middle English was abusion "wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency" (early 14c.), "an insult" (mid-14c.).
雙語例句
- 1. West was wilfully blind to the abuse that took place.
- 韋斯特對發(fā)生的虐待行為故意視而不見。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A small group of youths stayed behind to heckle and shout abuse.
- 一小群小青年沒走，在起哄、叫罵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.
- 他們被推來搡去，受到大肆的謾罵攻擊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.
- 虐待婦女問題需要得到嚴肅而認真的處理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father.
- 約翰不斷遭到父親身體和心理上的雙重虐待。
來自柯林斯例句
