| 单词 | molest |
| 释义 | molest (once / 757 pages) v To molest someone is to attack or abuse them. A rowdy group of protesters might be tempted to molest the police officers who are controlling the crowd by shouting angrily or throwing things at them. While the verb molest can be used to talk about any kind of persistent harassment, it more commonly describes an unwanted or aggressive sexual attack. To molest someone in this in way is a very serious criminal assault. The word originally meant simply "to cause trouble or grief," and it comes from the Latin word molestare, "to disturb, trouble, or annoy." It wasn't used to mean "attack sexually" until about 1950. WORD FAMILYmolest: molestation, molested, molester, molesting, molests+/molestation: molestations/molested: unmolested/molester: molesters/unmolested: unmolestedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe scandal emerged last month after at least six former professional players publicly said that they had been molested as boys in youth programs. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Sandusky, now 72, was convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Reuters(Nov 30, 2016) Lee testified that he was angry because he suspected Corwin had molested a family member. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1v harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to Hyper assail, assault, attack, set on attack someone physically or emotionally 2v annoy continually or chronically Syn|Hypo|Hyper beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, plague, provoke goad, needle goad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions maddendrive up the wall; go on someone's nerves hamstringmake ineffective or powerless badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, teaseannoy persistently oppress, persecutecause to suffer annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations |
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