abuse
noun
verb
əˈbjuːs
noun
1
cruel
or
violent
treatment
of
someone
虐待
plural 复数, U
several
cases
of
child
abuse
数宗虐待儿童案
physical/sexual/racial
abuse
Many
children
suffer
racial
abuse
at
school.
许多孩子在学校遭受种族虐待。
An
independent
committee
will
look
into
alleged
human
rights
abuses
.
一个独立委员会将对被指践踏人权的行为进行调查。
2
the
use
of
something
in
a
way
that
it
should
not
be
used
滥用;
C,U
[+
of
]
government
officials’
abuse
of
power
政府官员的滥用职权
A
self-monitoring
tax
system
is
clearly
open
to
abuse
(=able
to
be
used
wrongly)
.
自己监督自己的税收制度明显会被人钻空子。
alcohol/drug
abuse
3
rude
or
offensive
things
that
someone
says
when
they
are
angry
辱骂，谩骂
U
vandalism
and
verbal
abuse
directed
at
old
people
破坏公共财物及辱骂老人
a
torrent/stream
of
abuse
shout/hurl/scream
abuse
at
sb
The
other
driver
started
hurling
abuse
at
me.
另外一个司机开始朝我破口大骂。
əˈbjuːz
verb
4
to
treat
someone
in
a
cruel
and
violent
way,
often
sexually
虐待; 性虐待
sexually/physically
abused
She
was
sexually
abused
as
a
child.
她小时候遭到过性虐待。
5
to
deliberately
use
something
for
the
wrong
purpose
or
for
your
own
advantage
滥用，妄用
Williams
abused
his
position
as
Mayor
to
give
jobs
to
his
friends.
威廉斯滥用市长权力﹐任用了不少朋友。
Morris
abused
the
trust
the
firm
had
shown
in
him.
莫里斯辜负了公司对他的信任。
people
who
abuse
the
system
钻这一制度空子的人
abuse
alcohol/drugs
The
proportion
of
drinkers
who
abuse
alcohol
is
actually
quite
small.
在常喝酒的人之中，酗酒者所占的比例实际上很小。
6
to
say
rude
or
offensive
things
to
someone
谩骂，辱骂;
Many
soldiers
in
Belfast
are
verbally
abused.
许多驻扎在贝尔法斯特的士兵遭到辱骂。
He
came
to
the
help
of
another
driver
who
was
being
racially
abused
by
three
white
passengers.
他前去帮助另一个遭三名白人乘客用种族歧视言辞谩骂的司机。
7
to
treat
something
so
badly
that
you
start
to
destroy
it
伤害; 摧残
James
abused
his
body
for
years
with
heroin
and
cocaine.
詹姆斯多年吸食海洛因和可卡因﹐戕害了身体。