"abuse",v /n (用蔑视、粗俗或侮辱性的话)辱骂,毁谤=revile=depreciate=derogate;滥用(错误或不适当使用)=misuse=maltreat=mistreat;手淫
【例】verbal abuse 污言秽语 to abuse a privilege 滥用特权abuse oneself 犯手淫
【记】ab离开,use用-用不好,不好用-滥用,辱骂
【参】disabuse(打消……错误念头);abusive(adj 辱骂的)
【类】diatribe:abuse=declamation:grandiloquence=burlesque:mockery抨击性演讲用辱骂之词=高谈阔论用夸张之词=滑稽表演用嘲笑之词polemic:disputatious=invective:abusive争论的=好争辩的=辱骂的=漫骂的