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a·buse AHD[ə-byo͞ozʹ] D.J.[əˈbjuːz]K.K.[əˈbjuz]v.tr.（及物动词）a.bused, a.bus.ing, a.bus.es - To use wrongly or improperly; misuse.乱用，滥用：错误或不适当使用；误用
- To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use.虐待，伤害：因虐待而造成受伤或伤害；苛待
- To assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile.辱骂，毁谤：用蔑视、粗俗或侮辱性的话攻击；谩骂
- Obsolete To deceive or trick.【废语】 欺骗，戏弄
n.（名词）AHD[ə-byo͞osʹ] - Improper use or handling; misuse:误用：不正确的使用或处理；误用：drug abuse.误用药品
- Physical maltreatment:虐待，伤害：身体上的虐待：spousal abuse.虐待配偶
- A corrupt practice or custom:陋习，弊端：腐化的实践或习惯：abuse of power.职权的弊端
- Insulting or coarse language:谩骂：侮辱性的或粗俗的言语：verbal abuse.污言秽语
- Middle English abusen 中古英语 abusen
- from Old French abuser 源自 古法语 abuser
- from abus [improper use] 源自 abus [滥用]
- from Latin abūsus [past participle of] abūtī [to misuse] 源自 拉丁语 abūsus abūtī的过去分词 [错用]
- ab- [away] * see ab- 1ab- [离开] * 参见 ab-1
- ūtī [to use] ūtī [使用]
abusʹer n.（名词）abuse, misuse, mistreat, ill-treat, maltreat- These verbs mean to treat a person or thing wrongfully, incorrectly, or harmfully.这些动词指错误地、不正确地或伤害性地对待某人或某事。
- Abuse applies to injurious, improper, or unreasonable treatment: Abuse 指伤害性的、不正当的或无理的对待方式： "We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us" (Aldo Leopold). “我们滥用土地，因为我们把它当作属于自己的商品” （阿尔多·利奥普特）。
- Misuse stresses incorrect or unknowledgeable handling: Misuse 强调不正确的或无知的处理方式： "How often misused words generate misleading thoughts" (Herbert Spencer).“有多少次错误的用词导致了将人引入歧途的思想” （赫尔伯特·斯宾塞）。
- Mistreat, Mistreat，
- ill-treat, and ill-treat
- maltreat all share the sense of inflicting injury, often intentionally, as through malice: maltreat 都含怀有恶意而故意造成折磨性伤害的意思： "I had seen many more patients die from being mistreated for consumption than from consumption itself" (Earl of Lytton). “我看到很多病人死于结核病，但更多的人却因被误诊为结核病而死亡” （林德爵士）。 The army of occupation had orders not to ill-treat the local citizenry.占领军被命令不得迫害当地居民。"When we misuse [a language other than our native language], we are in fact trying to reduce its element of foreignness. “当我们误用时，我们事实上是在试图减少它的外来成分。We let ourselves maltreat it as though it naturally belonged to us" (Manchester Guardian Weekly).我们就象对待自己的东西那样误用它” （曼彻斯特守护者周刊）
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