释义 |
grind someone down phrasal verb with grindverb[ T ]uk /ɡraɪnd/ us /ɡraɪnd/ground | ground to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back: 长期欺压(某人);长时间虐待(某人)(使其失去反抗能力) Ground down by years of abuse, she did not have the confidence to leave him.多年来所受的虐待已经使她丧失了逃离他魔爪的信心。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose inflict prey on something put someone through something put upon reduce uncared for use victimization victimize victimology |