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maltreat

/mal-treet/US // mælˈtrit //UK // (mælˈtriːt) //

虐待,虐待行为,虐待罪,虐待儿童

Related Words

victimize受害人,受害者,受害,害人misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处damage损失,损害,损伤,损坏mishandle处理不当,错误处理,误操作,误伤injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbabuse
Synonyms
victimize受害人,受害者,受害,害人damage损失,损害,损伤,损坏harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了mishandle处理不当,错误处理,误操作,误伤misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当

Examples

  • My whole theme was the way we maltreat royal persons, making them one superhuman, and yet less than human.

  • The teacher himself is accustomed to maltreat the boys and whip them mercilessly.

  • You not only pay another man to take away your means of health, you usually maltreat him.

  • If it is rather general to hate Nature and maltreat women, we begin to see why the world is a mad world.'

  • It is forbidden to maltreat the inoffensive portion of the population.

  • And why should anybody desire to so maltreat and frighten her?

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