mistreat
vt. 虐待
If someone mistreats a person or an animal, they treat them badly, especially by making them suffer physically.
...a lad who mistreats a horse...
虐待馬的馬伕
She has been mistreated by men in the past.
以前她受過男人的虐待。
1. treat badly;
Attack me! Hurt me! Torture me! Humiliate me! Mistreat me! Persecute me!
打擊我吧! 傷害我吧! 折磨我吧! 羞辱我吧! 虐待我吧! 迫害我吧!
Not long after the wedding, the wife began to mistreat her stepdaughter.
婚禮過後不久, 這位太太就開始虐待她的繼女.
For the sake of good conscience, we should not mistreat other people.
為了良心行事, 我們不該虐待他人.
The child then concludes that it is permissible to mistreat younger or smaller children.
這些孩子就會總結出:他們可以去欺負那些比他們小的孩子.
It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver, Colorado.
在科羅拉多州丹佛市虐待老鼠是違法的.