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无 Abusive ə'Bju:Siv A.漫骂的;譭谤的;虐待的 Adj 1530s Implied Abusively

单词 abusive
音标 [ə'bju:siv]
解释 a.漫骂的;譭谤的;虐待的
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字源 abusive (adj.)
1530s (implied in abusively), originally "improper," from Middle French abusif, from Latin abusivus, from abus-, past participle stem of abuti (see abuse (v.)). Meaning "full of abuse" is from 1580s. Abuseful was used 17c., and Shakespeare has abusious ("Taming of the Shrew," 1594). Related: Abusiveness.
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