单词详解

1. n.

A. 滥用，妄用 (wrong use)

I'm afraid the position is open to abuse. 恐怕这个职位容易让人滥用职权。

B. 虐待 (cruel or inhumane treatment)

Animal abuse is widespread in this country. 这个国家虐待动物的现象很普遍。

C. 恶习，不正之风 (an unjust or harmful custom)

They decided to reform social abuses. 他们决定改变社会陋习。

D. 恶言，辱骂 (unkind, cruel, or rude words)

He burst into a storm of abuse. 他破口大骂。

2. vt.

A. 滥用，妄用 (make bad use of sth.)

He never abuses his privilege. 他从不滥用特权。

B. 虐待，伤害 (treat a person or an animal in a cruel or violent way)

Stop abusing the child. 住手，不要伤害这孩子。

C. 辱骂，毁谤 (make rude or offensive remarks to or about sb.)

He abused the workmen in the foulest languages. 他用极其污秽的语言辱骂工人。

相关单词

近义词：mistreat

名词：abuser

过去式：abused

过去分词：abused

现在分词：abusing

第三人称单数：abuses