释义 |
abuse verb—虐待 v (often used)滥用 v剥削 v性虐待 vExamples:wartime term of abuse for Japanese—grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption—animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due perceived abuse of power—corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); take bribes and bend the law—Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)—scold without end (idiom); incessant abuse—term of abuse for Westerners—tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people—lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power bully and exploit people—fig. sudden torrent of abuse—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption—suffer beatings and receive abuse [idiom.]— |