abuse

abuse

[ə'bju:s,ə'bju:z]

n.滥用, 恶习
vt.滥用, 辱骂, 虐待

例句与用法:

She attacked him with a torrent of abuse.

她用连珠炮似的谩骂来攻击他。

I didn't expect him to descend to personal abuse.

我没料到他会堕落到对我进行人身攻击的地步。

The boy's breaking of window glasses caused a hail of abuse.

这个男孩打碎了窗户玻璃,招致了一阵恶骂。

The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse.

政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。

His political reputation was tainted by his abuse of the power.

他因滥用职权而破坏了政治声誉。

He greeted me with a stream of abuse.

他见到我就连声辱骂。

They talked about how the uses and abuses of figures to prove things in politics.

他们谈到人们如何在政治问题上使用及滥用数字来混淆视听。

It's easy to abuse one's power.

人容易滥用权力。

词形变化:

名词: abuser | 动词过去式: abused | 动词过去分词: abused | 动词现在分词: abusing | 动词第三人称单数: abuses |


vt.

1. 滥用, 妄用

He abused his power while in office.

他在职时滥用权力。

2. 辱骂; 毁谤

You are always abusing and offending people.

你总是出言不逊得罪人。

3. 虐待, 伤害[H]

Those captives were physically abused.

那些俘虏遭受了肉体上的摧残。


n.

1. 滥用, 妄用[C][U]

There is no freedom that is not open to abuse.

任何自由都可能被滥用。

2. 辱骂[U]

She greeted me with a stream of abuse.

她一见我就吐出一连串的污言秽语。

3. 虐待; 伤害[U]

Child abuse is widespread in this country.

这个国家虐待孩子的情况很普遍。

4. 弊病; 陋习[C]

The force of public opinion can help check abuses in modern politics.

舆论的力量可以帮助制止现代政治中的弊端。


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