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mistreat v.虐待 (1) 虐待动物是违法行为。 People mistreat each other in all sorts of ways, from the emotional (by belittling, ignoring, or mocking them) to the physical (by hitting or otherwise physically harming them). If you see a neighbor mistreat his dog, you might call the police. If a teacher were to mistreat her students, she could lose her job. This verb adds the "bad or wrong" prefix mis- to treat, from its Latin root tractare, "manage or handle."

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英 [ˌmɪs'triːt] 美 [ˌmɪs'triːt] (1) It is against the law to mistreat an animal. If you mistreat someone, you harm them in some way. If you don't feed your cat for three days and refuse to clean its litter box, you are definitely mistreating it. 1[VERB 动词]（尤指在身体上）虐待 If someone mistreats a person or an animal, they treat them badly, especially by making them suffer physically.   [V n]  [be V-ed]...a lad who mistreats a horse...虐待马的马夫She has been mistreated by men in the past.以前她受过男人的虐待。

英语单词	mistreat
英美音标	英 [ˌmɪs'triːt] 美 [ˌmɪs'triːt]
中文释义	v.虐待
英语例句	(1) It is against the law to mistreat an animal.
中文例句	(1) 虐待动物是违法行为。
vocabulary简明	If you mistreat someone, you harm them in some way. If you don't feed your cat for three days and refuse to clean its litter box, you are definitely mistreating it.
vocabulary扩展	People mistreat each other in all sorts of ways, from the emotional (by belittling, ignoring, or mocking them) to the physical (by hitting or otherwise physically harming them). If you see a neighbor mistreat his dog, you might call the police. If a teacher were to mistreat her students, she could lose her job. This verb adds the "bad or wrong" prefix mis- to treat, from its Latin root tractare, "manage or handle."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（尤指在身体上）虐待 If someone mistreats a person or an animal, they treat them badly, especially by making them suffer physically. [V n] [be V-ed] ...a lad who mistreats a horse... 虐待马的马夫 She has been mistreated by men in the past. 以前她受过男人的虐待。

Mistreat Treat 英 ˌmɪs'triːt] 美 ˌmɪs'triːt V.虐待 Law Animal