abusing 虐待
- The person abusing your friend could be somebody that they know and like, for example, a member of their family.
你的朋友很可能认识并喜欢虐待他们的人,施虐者很有可能是他们家庭的成员。 - I have known that some people like abusing animals for a long time, but I had thought that only a tiny proportion of people would show this inclination.
很早以前我已经听说过社会上有些人喜欢虐待动物, 然而那时我以为只是很少的一部分人才是如此的变态. - I have some concern when you write about "the tactics this man used" with you, though, because it sounds as if you or the authors of the book think that he was deliberately abusing you.
但当你提到“这个男人对你使用的伎俩”时我还是有些担心,因为听起来好像是你或者那本书的作者认为他在故意虐待你。
Abuse \A*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Abusing}.] [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse,
misuse; ab + uti to use. See {Use}.]
1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a
bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert;
as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of;
as, to abuse one's authority.
This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots
rapidly into popularity. --Froude.
2. To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish
or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to
abuse one's powers, one's patience.
3. To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
The . . . tellers of news abused the general.
--Macaulay.
4. To dishonor. ``Shall flight abuse your name?'' --Shak.
5. To violate; to ravish. --Spenser.
6. To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.]
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist
cloud, and abused by a double object. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify;
vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign.