| 释义 |
a·buse /əˈbjuːz/ vt. | n.
I vt.
1. 滥用，妄用
abuse one's authority (office) 滥用权威(职权)
He abused his privileges in activities outside his official capacity. 他在职务范围之外任意滥用特权。
He has abused my confidence in him. 他辜负了我对他的信任。
abuse one's eyes by reading in a bad light 在光线不好的地方看书而损坏视力
2. [常用被动语态]虐待，伤害
provide help for the abused children 对被虐待儿童提供帮助
The arrested men have been physically abused. 被捕的人曾遭受肉体上的摧残。
3. 辱骂；毁谤
They abused each other. 他们相互詈骂。
I ask him to desist from abusing me in private to newspaper editors. 我要求他不再在私下向报馆编辑毁谤我。
4. 〈古〉欺骗
5. 对…行手淫；对…施性虐待；强奸
abuse oneself 手淫
II n.
/əˈbjuːs/
1. 滥用，妄用
alcohol abuse 酗酒
drug abuse 嗜用毒品
the abuses of the veto right by some members 几个成员对否决权的屡屡滥用
2. 虐待，伤害；凌辱
The abuse of the helpless prisoner made him bitter. 对无助的囚犯横加虐待使他怒火中烧。
human rights abuses 侵犯人权的行为
3. 弊病；陋习
remedy an abuse 矫正弊端
eliminate abuses in the government 消灭政府中的舞弊现象
impose curbs on corporate abuses 强行制止公司界的种种弊端劣迹
4. 辱骂
shower sb. with abuse 破口大骂某人
greet sb. with a stream of abuse 迎头臭骂某人一顿
5. 〈古〉欺骗
6. 性虐待；强奸
[< OFr abuser < L abūses a using up < abūtī misuse < AB-¹ ＋ ūti to use] |