abused n. 受虐;滥用,恶习
v. 滥用;虐待;辱骂(abuse的过去分词)
- My father abused us for years.
家父虐待我们好多年。 - Most of the foremen abused the workmen in the foulest languages.
大多数的工头用极其污秽的语言辱骂工人。 - If one has been sexually abused and raped, then one's ancestors have both been abused and raped and have been the abuser and rapist.
如果一个人曾有过性虐待和被强奸的经历,那么其祖先也曾经受到虐待、强奸,并曾经是虐待者和强奸者。
abused[ adj ]- subjected to cruel treatment
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an abused wife
- used improperly or excessively especially drugs
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an abused substance
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.