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Abuse Latin V N Grandiloquence Disputatious Early 15c

单词 abuse
音标 [ə'bju:z]
解释 v./n.辱骂; 滥用
红宝书 【英】 v. /n. 辱骂(to use insulting language; revile);滥用(to use wrongly; misuse)
【考】 diatribe : abuse / declamation : grandiloquence / burlesque : mockery(辱骂之词用在抨击性 演讲/夸大之词用在高 谈阔论/嘲弄之词用在 滑稽表演)polemic : disputatious / invective : abusive(同义: 争论的=好争辩的/辱 骂的=漫骂的)
【记】 ab+use(用) →用不好→滥用; 注意:disabuse(打消 …错误念头)
【同】 派生词:abusive(adj .辱骂的)
字源 abuse (v.)
early 15c., "to misuse, misapply," from Middle French abuser, from Vulgar Latin *abusare, from Latin abusus "an abusing, using up," past participle of abuti "use up," also "misuse," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + uti "use" (see use). Of sexual situations from early 15c., but originally incest, homosexuality, prostitution, etc.; meaning "to misuse sexually, ravish" is from 1550s. Specifically of drugs, from 1968. Related: Abused; abusing.
abuse (n.)
mid-15c., "improper practice," from Old French abus (14c.), from Latin abusus (see abuse (v.)). Earlier in Middle English was abusion "wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency" (early 14c.), "an insult" (mid-14c.).
不择手段背单词 v. /n. (用蔑视、粗俗或侮辱性的话)辱骂, 譭谤 = revile = depreciate = derogate; 滥用(错误或不适当使用) = misuse = maltreat = mistreat; 手淫
【例】verbal abuse 污言秽语 to abuse a privilege 滥用特权abuse oneself 犯手淫
【记】ab离开, use用-用不好, 不好用-滥用, 辱骂
【参】disabuse(打消...错误念头); abusive(adj 辱骂的)
【类】diatribe: abuse = declamation: grandiloquence = burlesque: mockery抨击性演讲用辱骂之词 = 高谈阔论用夸张之词 = 滑稽表演用嘲笑之词polemic: disputatious = invective: abusive争论的 = 好争辩的 = 辱骂的 = 漫骂的
趣味全助记 【记】ab否定,不好 + use 不好地使用
【相关】disabuse 消除错误

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