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mistreat sb/sth
mistreat 是及物动词，直接跟宾语。
The manager mistreated his employees.
经理虐待他的员工。
虐待；苛待
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虐待；苛待
treat badly
The manager mistreated his employees.
经理虐待他的员工。
粗暴或恶劣地对待某人或某事物。
To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
对病人施以不正确的治疗。
To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.
mistreat
Base
原形
mistreats
3rd person
第三人称单数
mistreating
-ing
现在分词
mistreated
Past
过去式
mistreated
Past participle
过去分词
They mistreat their pets.
他们虐待自己的宠物。
He mistreated his classmates at school.
他在学校虐待同学。
The company has mistreated its workers for years.
该公司多年来一直虐待工人。
mistreat 是规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 mistreated，意思是“虐待、苛待”。
It is wrong to mistreat animals.
虐待动物是错误的。
The neighbor mistreats his dog, and everyone is worried.
邻居虐待他的狗，大家都很担心。
She never mistreated anyone who helped her.
她从不亏待帮助过她的人。
mistreat 是及物动词，直接跟宾语。
The manager mistreated his employees.
经理虐待他的员工。
被动语态强调受害者的遭遇。
The dog was mistreated by its former owner.
这只狗被它的前主人虐待。
Not this
The mistreat of animals is cruel.
Use this
The mistreatment of animals is cruel.
mistreat 是动词，不能直接用作名词；表示‘虐待’的名词是 mistreatment。句中作主语需用名词形式。
Not this
He mistreated to his little brother.
Use this
He mistreated his little brother.
mistreat 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 to。中文‘对……不好’中的‘对’不能直译成 to。
Not this
He mistreats his dog very bad.
Use this
He mistreats his dog very badly.
修饰动词 mistreat 要用副词 badly；形容词 bad 只能修饰名词，不能修饰动词。
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虐待动物
It is illegal to mistreat animals in this country.
在这个国家，虐待动物是违法的。
虐待员工
The company was sued for mistreating its employees.
这家公司因虐待员工而被起诉。
虐待儿童
No child deserves to be mistreated.
任何孩子都不应受到虐待。
感到被苛待
She felt mistreated by her boss and decided to quit.
她觉得受到老板的苛待，于是决定辞职。
虐待囚犯
The guards were punished for mistreating prisoners.
看守因虐待囚犯而受到处罚。
不可虐待或欺压外国人，因为你们在埃及也曾是外国人。
The Bible instructs the Israelites not to mistreat foreigners in their land.
《圣经》吩咐以色列人不可虐待他们土地上的外国人。
我这辈子一直被人亏待。
In Deep Purple's song 'Mistreated,' the singer sings of being mistreated all his life.
在深紫乐队的歌曲《Mistreated》中，歌手唱出自己一生被亏待。
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mis（错）＋treat（对待），把“对待”用错了方式——虐待就是错误地对待他人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：daily conversation、formal writing “mistreat” 通常为中性词，口语和书面语都适用；多用于表示“虐待、苛待”，在严肃或正式语境中比较常见。
这些词都与 mistreat /ˌmɪsˈtriːt/ 押韵，重读元音都是 /iːt/。注意拼写相似的 mistress /ˈmɪstɹəs/、mistrial /ˌmɪsˈtraɪəl/、mistrust /ˌmɪsˈtrʌst/ 发音不同，不押韵。
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