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mistreat

🇬🇧 UK/mɪs'triːt/🇺🇸 US/.mis'tri:t/
B2

Definitions

v.

To treat a person or animal roughly, cruelly, or unfairly.

虐待;粗暴对待

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
miswrongly, badly
+
treat
=mistreat

Common Collocations

  • 1.mistreat sb虐待某人
  • 2.mistreat animals虐待动物
  • 3.be mistreated遭受虐待
  • 4.deliberately mistreat故意虐待

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The organization was accused of [mistreating] workers in factories.

  • 2.

    He would never [mistreat] animals; he loved all creatures.

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