| 单词 |
ill-use |
| 释义 |
ill-use, v.|ˌɪlˈjuːz| [Properly two words, ill adv. + use vb., which under the influence of ill-used (aided, perhaps, by abuse, misuse) have come to be hyphened.] trans. To ‘use’ or treat badly; to deal cruelly, unkindly, or inconsiderately with.
1841Browning Pippa Passes Introd. 30 If thou ill-usest Me, who am only Pippa. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy-Bk. Prop. Law xiii. 80 The object of the Act was to protect mothers from the tyranny of husbands who ill-use them. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 79, I would..never desert you, ill-use me how you might! |

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