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abuse n.滥用；恶习vt.滥用；辱骂；虐待 (1) 政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。(2) 他因滥用职权而破坏了政治声誉。(3) 他见到我就连声辱骂。(4) 一个人怕挨骂,我看不好。(5) 他虐待他的妻子和孩子。 The word abuse is made up of two parts — "use," which means to employ, and ab-, a Latin prefix meaning "away" — and as a whole comes from the Latin abūsus, meaning "misuse," or "use wrongly." It began as a verb and became a noun in the mid-15th century. Abuse also refers to anything that is employed improperly or to excess, such as the abuse of alcohol or drugs.

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英 [ə'bjuːs] 美 [ə'bjuːs] (1) The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse.(2) His political reputation was tainted by his abuse of the power.(3) He greeted me with a stream of abuse.(4) I don't consider it good for a person to be afraid of being abused.(5) He abused his wife and children. If you abuse someone, it means you are hurting that person, mentally, emotionally, or physically. If someone else is harming you, you are yourself suffering from abuse. The noun is pronounced /ə'bjuːs/. The verb is pronounced /ə'bjuːz/. 名词读作 /ə'bjuːs/。动词读作 /ə'bjuːz/。1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]虐待；凌辱 Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.   [also N in pl]...investigation of alleged child abuse.对涉嫌虐童案的调查...victims of sexual and physical abuse.遭受性虐待及肉体摧残的受害者...controversy over human rights abuses.关于践踏人权的争议2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]辱骂；恶语 Abuse is extremely rude and insulting things that people say when they are angry. I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off...汽车飞驰而去，留下我在那里大声咒骂。Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star.拉夫特不断地破口大骂和他联合主演的演员。3[N-VAR 可变名词]滥用；妄用 Abuse of something is the use of it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.   [with supp]What went on here was an abuse of power.这里所发生的事是一种滥用职权的行为。...drug and alcohol abuse.嗜毒和酗酒4[VERB 动词]虐待；凌辱；伤害 If someone is abused, they are treated cruelly and violently.   [be V-ed]  [V n]  [V-ed]Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven.珍妮特从11岁起就遭受父亲虐待。...parents who feel they cannot cope or might abuse their children.认为自己应付不来或可能会虐待孩子的父母...those who work with abused children.从事帮助受虐儿童的工作的人们abuser...a convicted child abuser.已定罪的虐童犯5[VERB 动词]辱骂；侮辱 You can say that someone is abused if extremely rude and insulting things are said to them.   [be V-ed]  [Also V n]He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers.他宣称自己遭到其他士兵的辱骂。6[VERB 动词]滥用；妄用 If you abuse something, you use it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.   [V n]He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position.他让我们看到有钱有势的人是如何滥用其地位的。abuser...the treatment of alcohol and drug abusers.对酗酒和嗜毒者的治疗

英语单词	abuse
英美音标	英 [ə'bjuːs] 美 [ə'bjuːs]
中文释义	n.滥用；恶习 vt.滥用；辱骂；虐待
英语例句	(1) The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse. (2) His political reputation was tainted by his abuse of the power. (3) He greeted me with a stream of abuse. (4) I don't consider it good for a person to be afraid of being abused. (5) He abused his wife and children.
中文例句	(1) 政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。 (2) 他因滥用职权而破坏了政治声誉。 (3) 他见到我就连声辱骂。 (4) 一个人怕挨骂,我看不好。 (5) 他虐待他的妻子和孩子。
vocabulary简明	If you abuse someone, it means you are hurting that person, mentally, emotionally, or physically. If someone else is harming you, you are yourself suffering from abuse.
vocabulary扩展	The word abuse is made up of two parts — "use," which means to employ, and ab-, a Latin prefix meaning "away" — and as a whole comes from the Latin abūsus, meaning "misuse," or "use wrongly." It began as a verb and became a noun in the mid-15th century. Abuse also refers to anything that is employed improperly or to excess, such as the abuse of alcohol or drugs.
柯林斯解释	The noun is pronounced /ə'bjuːs/. The verb is pronounced /ə'bjuːz/. 名词读作 /ə'bjuːs/。动词读作 /ə'bjuːz/。 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]虐待；凌辱 Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them. [also N in pl] ...investigation of alleged child abuse. 对涉嫌虐童案的调查 ...victims of sexual and physical abuse. 遭受性虐待及肉体摧残的受害者 ...controversy over human rights abuses. 关于践踏人权的争议 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]辱骂；恶语 Abuse is extremely rude and insulting things that people say when they are angry. I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off... 汽车飞驰而去，留下我在那里大声咒骂。 Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star. 拉夫特不断地破口大骂和他联合主演的演员。 3 [N-VAR 可变名词]滥用；妄用 Abuse of something is the use of it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose. [with supp] What went on here was an abuse of power. 这里所发生的事是一种滥用职权的行为。 ...drug and alcohol abuse. 嗜毒和酗酒 4 [VERB 动词]虐待；凌辱；伤害 If someone is abused, they are treated cruelly and violently. [be V-ed] [V n] [V-ed] Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven. 珍妮特从11岁起就遭受父亲虐待。 ...parents who feel they cannot cope or might abuse their children. 认为自己应付不来或可能会虐待孩子的父母 ...those who work with abused children. 从事帮助受虐儿童的工作的人们 abuser ...a convicted child abuser. 已定罪的虐童犯 5 [VERB 动词]辱骂；侮辱 You can say that someone is abused if extremely rude and insulting things are said to them. [be V-ed] [Also V n] He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers. 他宣称自己遭到其他士兵的辱骂。 6 [VERB 动词]滥用；妄用 If you abuse something, you use it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose. [V n] He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position. 他让我们看到有钱有势的人是如何滥用其地位的。 abuser ...the treatment of alcohol and drug abusers. 对酗酒和嗜毒者的治疗

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