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词汇 mistreating
释义 mistreating
present participle ofmistreat
mistreat
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌmɪsˈtriːt/ us /ˌmɪsˈtriːt/
to treat a person or animal badly, cruelly, or unfairly: 虐待
Both parents have denied charges of mistreating their children.父母双方均否认虐待子女的指控。
I think people who mistreat their pets should be banned from keeping them.我认为虐待宠物的人应当被禁止养宠物。
Synonyms
abuse
ill-treat
maltreatformal
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
hit someone where it hurtsidiom
ill-treat
ill-treatment
ill-used
impose
prey
prey on something
put someone through something
put upon
tyranny
uncared for
use
victimization
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Examples of mistreating


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Wellman correctly responds that the view that infants do not have rights does not imply that we have no moral reasons to refrain from mistreating them.
Williams argues that is it absurd to hold that infants do not have rights because this view implies that we have no moral reasons to refrain from mistreating infants.
Mistreating prisoners of war is an even more serious violation of international law.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The law provides for severe penalties of up to £1,000 per animal on conviction for mistreating animals in transport.
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Is he suggesting that because it would infringe individual liberty, it would be wrong to enact any legislation that stopped someone mistreating a dog or any other animal?
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They want the numbers to be controlled, but they would not wish to treat a fox cruelly in a bear-baiting way, setting dogs on it or otherwise mistreating it.
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Hansard archive

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Mistreating any person is a crime.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The duty is both moral and legal, and the benefit is that the animals are often their primary asset, so they have no interest in mistreating them in any way.
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He employs a second nurse, but fires her after he discovers she is mistreating his wife.
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Ogedei reprimanded his son harshly for fighting within the family and for mistreating his soldiers.
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She immediately began mistreating the female prisoners there, and was infamous in the camp for her brutality.
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In the early days of federal occupation, troops were badly mistreating the island's residents, and had raided plantation supplies of food and clothing.
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The most serious penalties can be assessed for mistreating dogs.
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While she also maintains influence to reprimand doctors and consultants operating mistreating nurses.
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Dogs are visually examined by veterinarians stationed at every checkpoint, and mushers can be ejected and banned from the race for mistreating dogs.
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