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abuse

/əˈbjuːz/
verb/noun★中级💡 滥用;虐待
正式

不正当或过度地使用权力、地位、资源等

The dictator abused his authority to silence political opponents.

独裁者滥用权力压制政治反对派。

💡

强调不当使用权力或特权,通常带有负面含义。

正式

虐待(人或动物),粗暴对待

The report revealed widespread child abuse in the institution.

报告揭露了该机构普遍存在的虐待儿童现象。

💡

常见于法律、心理、社会领域,指身体或情感上的伤害。

非正式

辱骂,恶语相向

She abused him verbally during the argument.

在争吵中,她对他进行了言语辱骂。

💡

强调言语上的攻击性。

💻科技
技术

(计算机)滥用(系统资源或漏洞)

Hackers often abuse system vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access.

黑客常利用系统漏洞进行未授权访问。

💡

在网络安全中指利用系统弱点进行攻击。

搭配

abuse of power滥用权力child abuse虐待儿童substance abuse物质滥用(如吸毒)verbally abuse言语辱骂

同义词

misuseexploitmistreatmaltreatinsult

反义词

respectupholdprotectcherish

相关短语

abuse one's authority短语
滥用职权
an abusive relationship短语
虐待关系(如家庭暴力)

💡专业提示

区分abuse与misuse

abuse强调不当使用权力或地位(如滥用权力),而misuse更侧重于错误使用工具或资源(如误用药物)。

⚡黄金法则

abuse的语境区分

注意abuse在不同语境下的含义:法律/正式场合多指‘滥用权力’或‘虐待’;技术领域指‘系统滥用’;口语中可指‘辱骂’。

📖词源

中世纪英语abusen,源自古法语abuser(误用、滥用),由拉丁语abusus(滥用)演变而来,ab-(偏离)+usus(使用)。

📝用法说明

1. 作为动词时,可接名词或名词短语(如abuse power、abuse drugs)。2. 作为名词时,常见于法律文书(如child abuse、drug abuse)。3. 在口语中,abuse drugs常简化为do drugs。

单词拆解

ab-
偏离、错误
prefix
+
-use
使用
root
英汉词典

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