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  • v. / n. 辱骂;滥用
  • [英] v. / n. 辱骂 ( to use insulting language; revile) ; 滥用 ( to use wrongly; misuse)
  • [记] ab+use ( 用) -> 用不好 -> 滥用; 注意:disabuse ( 打消...错误念头)
  • [同] 派生词: abusive ( adj.辱骂的)

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I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French abus, from Latin abusus, from abuti to consume, from ab- + uti to use
  • Date: 15th century
  • 1. a corrupt practice or custom
  • 2. improper or excessive use or treatment ; misuse drug abuse abuse of tranquilizers
  • 3. obsolete a deceitful act ; deception
  • 4. language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly, intemperately, and angrily
  • 5. physical maltreatment
  • Synonyms:
    • abuse , vituperation, invective, obloquy, billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language scathing verbal abuse. vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse a torrent of vituperation. invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation blistering political invective. obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace subjected to obloquy and derision. billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver.

II. transitive verb (abused; abusing)

  • Date: 15th century
  • 1.
    • a. to put to a wrong or improper use abuse a privilege
    • b. to use excessively abuse alcohol; also to use without medical justification abuseing painkillers
  • 2. obsolete deceive
  • 3. to use so as to injure or damage ; maltreat
  • 4. to attack in words ; revile
  • • abusable adjective
  • • abuser noun

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