Word · Frequency #21862
mistreats
虐待；苛待
mistreats is the third person singular of mistreat.
treat badly
- 1.
To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
粗暴或恶劣地对待某人或某事物。
- 2.
To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.
对病人施以不正确的治疗。
粗暴或恶劣地对待某人或某事物。；对病人施以不正确的治疗。；虐待；[法] 虐待；苛待
In use
It is wrong to mistreat animals.
The neighbor mistreats his dog, and everyone is worried.
She never mistreated anyone who helped her.
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。
be mistreated by sb
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。
Verb forms
base mistreat · third person mistreats · -ing mistreating · past mistreated · past participle mistreated
mistreat 是规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 mistreated，意思是“虐待、苛待”。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- mistreat animals
- 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。
- mistreat employees
- 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。
- mistreat children
- 虐待儿童
- No child deserves to be mistreated.任何孩子都不应受到虐待。
- feel mistreated
- 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。
- mistreat prisoners
- 虐待囚犯
- The guards were punished for mistreating prisoners.看守因虐待囚犯而受到处罚。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mis（错）＋treat（对待），把“对待”用错了方式——虐待就是错误地对待他人。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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