mauls
v. (尤指動物)撕裂…的皮肉( maul的第三人稱單數 ); 傷害; 虐待; 粗手粗腳地擺弄
If you are mauled by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured.
He had been mauled by a bear...
他被熊襲擊過。
The dog went berserk and mauled one of the girls.
狗突然發瘋,把其中一個女孩咬傷了。
If someone is mauled, they are attacked aggressively, and often harmed in some way.
The troops were severely mauled and lost a quarter of their strength before evacuating the island...
部隊遭到重創,從島上撤退前損失了四分之一的兵力。
The cable-TV and health-care industries are both being mauled by government.
有線電視和保健業正在遭受政府的嚴厲批評。