| 单词 | harassment |
| 释义 | harassment (once / 3595 pages) n If someone is abusing, insulting, or otherwise harming you on a regular basis, it's called harassment. Cruel and usually really annoying, harassment is also illegal in some cases. Harassment is a word that describes any kind of ongoing torment. At school, harassment is often known as bullying. In the workplace, employees need to be careful about sexual harassment. Harassment involves persistent attacks or abuse, and can range from shouting racial slurs to crank calling your ex-boyfriend every night at 3am. Even teasing your kid sister about her braces could be considered harassment. WORD FAMILYharassment: harassments+/harass: harassed, harasser, harasses, harassing, harassment/harassed: harassedly/harasser: harassers USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I interviewed her, I kept forgetting this, since I’d never subject a human to such harassment. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) But two weeks later, the dealing and the harassment resumed. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) He was charged with trespass, menacing, harassment, disorderly conduct and unlawful use of a weapon. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism Syn|Hypo|Hyper molestation baiting harassment especially of a tethered animal badgering, bedevilment, torment, worryingthe act of harassing someone 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 McCarthyismunscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists) mistreatment the practice of treating (someone or something) badly 2n a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors Syn|Hyper torment annoyance, chafe, vexation anger produced by some annoying irritation |
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