| 单词 | mistreat |
| 释义 | mistreat (once / 6925 pages) v If you mistreat someone, you harm them in some way. If you don't feed your cat for three days and refuse to clean its litter box, you are definitely mistreating it. People mistreat each other in all sorts of ways, from the emotional (by belittling, ignoring, or mocking them) to the physical (by hitting or otherwise physically harming them). If you see a neighbor mistreat his dog, you might call the police. If a teacher were to mistreat her students, she could lose her job. This verb adds the "bad or wrong" prefix mis- to treat, from its Latin root tractare, "manage or handle." WORD FAMILYmistreat: mistreated, mistreating, mistreatment, mistreats+/entreat: entreated, entreating, entreats/ill-treat: ill-treating/mistreatment: mistreatments/treat: entreat, ill-treat, mistreat, treated, treater, treating, treatment, treats/treated: ill-treated, retreated, untreated/treater: treaters/treatment: ill-treatment, treatments USAGE EXAMPLESVoller, now 19, told the commission on Monday that detainees were regularly mistreated by staff. BBC(Dec 12, 2016) Nearly one-quarter of the respondents to the survey said they did not see a doctor when they needed to because of fear of being mistreated. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) Of those remaining in the area, some said they were afraid to leave because they expected to be arrested or mistreated on the other side. New York Times(Dec 04, 2016) v treat badly Syn|Hypo|Hyper abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step kick around treat badly; abuse do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way |
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