单词 | mistreatment |
释义 | mistreatment (once / 20239 pages) n Mistreatment is being cruel or thoughtless toward a person, animal, or even an object. Your little brother's habit of picking the cat up by his tail is an example of mistreatment. Mistreatment of the family car might include driving it on the beach, while mistreatment of one's children could be as serious as abuse. If you don't treat someone well, it can be called mistreatment. The word itself comes from the Old English prefix mis-, "bad or wrong," and treat, "to handle or deal with." WORD FAMILYmistreatment: mistreatments+/entreat: entreated, entreating, entreats/ill-treat: ill-treating/mistreat: mistreated, mistreating, mistreatment, mistreats/treat: entreat, ill-treat, mistreat, treated, treater, treating, treatment, treats/treated: ill-treated, retreated, untreated/treater: treaters/treatment: ill-treatment, treatments USAGE EXAMPLESReports of torture and other mistreatment in Russia’s prison camps rarely spark widespread discussion or protest. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) And while the particulars may differ across processing plants, the chicken industry is rife with mistreatment. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) The New York-based rights group urges India to implement a string of often-ignored regulations and prosecute officers involved in the alleged mistreatment of prisoners. Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) n the practice of treating (someone or something) badly he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother Hypo|Hyper annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation the act of troubling or annoying someone disregard, neglectwillful lack of care and attention exploitation, using, victimisation, victimizationan act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) harassment, molestationthe act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatmentcruel or inhumane treatment despitecontemptuous disregard blaxploitationthe exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) sexploitationthe commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material child abusethe physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children child neglectfailure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child persecutionthe act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) cruelty, inhuman treatmenta cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering baitingharassment especially of a tethered animal badgering, bedevilment, torment, worryingthe act of harassing someone exasperationactions that cause great irritation (or even anger) red flagsomething that irritates or demands immediate action sexual harassmentunwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasingthe act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances witch-huntsearching out and harassing dissenters colonialismexploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country pattern, practice a customary way of operation or behavior |
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