maltreat

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mal·treat /mælˈtriːt/ verb [transitive]  CRUELto treat a person or animal cruelly 虐待，残暴地对待〔人或动物〕 SYN mistreat The hostages said they were hungry but had not been maltreated. 人质说他们挨了饿，但没有受到虐待。 —maltreatment noun [uncountable] evidence of animal maltreatment 虐待动物的证据→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

maltreat• Several of the prisoners had been maltreated.• We are accustomed, almost from birth, to hear of children being maltreated.• They were severely maltreated, and were only released after the intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross.• Its boards were bowed and creaking; it had been maltreated in its own time.• A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.• It was all very well for the government in Moscow to lay down severe penalties for its servants who maltreated the natives.

mal·treat verbChineseSyllable  

to animal a cruelly person or Corpus treat

maltreat
mal‧treat /mælˈtriːt/ verb [transitive]
to treat a person or animal cruelly
   SYN  mistreat:
    The hostages said they were hungry but had not been maltreated.
—maltreatment noun [uncountable]:
    evidence of animal maltreatment

mal·treatBrE /ˌmælˈtriːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they maltreat BrE /ˌmælˈtriːt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it maltreats BrE /ˌmælˈtriːts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːts/ 🔊past simple maltreated BrE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊past participle maltreated BrE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form maltreating BrE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to be very cruel to a person or an animal 虐待 SYN ill-treat ▸ mal·treat·ment BrE /ˌmælˈtriːtmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmælˈtriːtmənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]