abuse

• n. 虐待；虐待；悪習；悪徳；悪い習慣
• vt.虐待; 虐待; 乱用
• n.(虐待)人の名前；(英)Abbes.

接頭辞 ab-, not, 良くない。

abuse

abuse: see use

abuse (v.)

early 15c., "to misuse, misapply," from Middle French abuser, from Vulgar Latin *abusare, from Latin abusus "an abusing, using up," past participle of abuti "use up," also "misuse," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + uti "use" (see use). Of sexual situations from early 15c., but originally incest, homosexuality, prostitution, etc.; meaning "to misuse sexually, ravish" is from 1550s. Specifically of drugs, from 1968. Related: Abused; abusing.

abuse (n.)

mid-15c., "improper practice," from Old French abus (14c.), from Latin abusus (see abuse (v.)). Earlier in Middle English was abusion "wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency" (early 14c.), "an insult" (mid-14c.).

1. West was wilfully blind to the abuse that took place.

ウェストは発生した虐待行為を故意に見て見ぬふりをしている。

2.A small group of youths stayed behind to heckle and shout abuse .

小さな若者の群れが歩いておらず、野次馬や罵声を上げている。

3.They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse .

彼らは押しつけられ、激しく罵倒された。

4.The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.

女性虐待問題は厳粛かつ真剣に処理される必要がある。

5.John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father.

ジョンは父親から身体的、心理的に二重虐待を受け続けている。