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N-UNCOUNT
虐待；凌辱
Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
例句
...investigation of alleged child abuse.
對涉嫌虐童案的調查
...victims of sexual and physical abuse.
遭受性虐待及肉體摧殘的受害者
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N-UNCOUNT
辱罵;惡語
Abuse is extremely rude and insulting things that people say when they are angry.
例句
I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off...
汽車飛馳而去，留下我在那里大聲咒罵。
Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star.
拉夫特不斷地破口大罵和他聯合主演的演員。
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N-VAR
濫用；妄用
Abuse of something is the use of it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
例句
What went on here was an abuse of power.
這里所發生的事是一種濫用職權的行為。
...drug and alcohol abuse.
嗜毒和酗酒
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VERB
虐待;凌辱;傷害
If someone is abused, they are treated cruelly and violently.
例句
Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven.
珍妮特從11歲起就遭受父親虐待。
...parents who feel they cannot cope or might abuse their children.
認為自己應付不來或可能會虐待孩子的父母
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VERB
辱罵;侮辱
You can say that someone is abused if extremely rude and insulting things are said to them.
例句
He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers.
他宣稱自己遭到其他士兵的辱罵。
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VERB
濫用；妄用
If you abuse something, you use it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
例句
He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position.
他讓我們看到有錢有勢的人是如何濫用其地位的。