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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

虐待 [nüèdài]
  1. 1. verb ill-treat

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

虐待 [nüèdài]
  1. 1. abuse; maltreat; ill-treat; tyrannize
    虐待俘虏是违反政策的。
    Any maltreatment of prisoners of war is against our policy.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

虐待 [nüèdài]
  1. 1. 用残酷凶狠的手段对待
    不准虐待老人。
  2. 2. 对象只能是处于相对弱势的人或某些动物(如力畜、猫狗等)。

Examples

备受虐待
be subjected to every kind of maltreatment
这起儿子虐待老人的事件,引起了群众的极大愤慨。
The maltreatment of the old man by his son aroused great public indignation.
他这么虐待老人,真叫人看不过去。
Nobody can stand his cruelty towards his own old parents.
具有性虐待嗜好的人心理肯定不健康。
Those who are addicted to sexual abuse must be mentally ill.
他们对虐待动物的行为提出了强烈抗议。
They protested vehemently against cruelty to animals.
虐待
非刑虐待
虐待妇孺,天理不容

Collocations

受到虐待
to be subjected to maltreatment
长期虐待
to torture somebody for a long time
精神虐待
spiritually maltreated
虐待
sadism
虐待小孩
to mistreat a child

Word Decomposition


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