Abuse

(noun.) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; 'when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse'; 'they yelled insults at the visiting team'.

(verb.) use wrongly or improperly or excessively; 'Her husband often abuses alcohol'; 'while she was pregnant, she abused drugs'.

(verb.) use foul or abusive language towards; 'The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket'; 'The angry mother shouted at the teacher'.

伊莱录入

• He always showed a generous and kindly spirit toward the Southern people, and I never heard him abuse an enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You abuse Moore for defending his mill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And the other women--my best friends--well, they use me or abuse me; but they don't care a straw what happens to me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You abuse Mr. Helstone for everything he does. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The melon of Castile is for self abuse. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• That sounds a dangerous maxim, sir; because one can see at once that it is liable to abuse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• What we should use, we let him abuse, and the corruption of the best things, as Hume remarked, produces the worst. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Bob, as your friend no doubt, stands up for you, whom he must so often hear abused. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He is a poor abused! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He has been most shamefully abused, and most unjustly and most basely driven away, and I am the cause of it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You would not have them abused; but you don't want to have anything to do with them yourselves. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I didn't know how much till she abused you, began Meg. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But generation after generation the spirit was abused by priests and rulers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But I trust, sir,' said Pott, 'that I have never abused the enormous power I wield. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Talk of the _abuses_ of slavery! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• If people will print their abuses of one another, let them do it in little pamphlets, and distribute them where they think proper. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• You must concede that there are abuses, Hawley, said Mr. Hackbutt, foreseeing some political disagreement with his family lawyer. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Walter's introduction in which he says that The Social Contract _showed to those who were eager to be convinced_ that no power was legitimate which was guilty of abuses. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Ah, my love, my love, he said, it is in the subtle poison of such abuses to breed such diseases. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• That such abuses were far from being uncommon, the ancient history of every country in Europe bears witness. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There are many abuses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Were they abusing me, Rosy? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• But who have you heard abusing the masters? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• We should be quarrelling, abusing, avoiding one another. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When dinner was over, she returned directly to Jane, and Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I hide it as well as I can by abusing everybody myself. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This was abusing their power and commencing a tyranny. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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