单词 | abusive |
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音标 | [ə'bju:siv] |
解释 | a.漫骂的;譭谤的;虐待的 |
红宝书 | 无 |
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. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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