ill-treat

verb

1. 虐待
   to treat sb in a cruel or unkind way

1. VERB 虐待;折磨
   If someone ill-treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly.
   1. They thought Mr Smith had been ill-treating his wife...
      他们认为史密斯先生一直在虐待他的妻子。
   2. They said they had not been ill-treated but that their time in captivity had been miserable.
      他们说他们没有遭受虐待,但是被囚禁的日子令人痛苦。

1. The army of occupation had orders not to ill-treat the local citizenry.
   占领军被命令不得迫害当地居民。
2. At the crossrod the insomnia and hunger are interlaced, maze the tie but infect a mood that will ill-treat myself.
   失眠和饥饿交错的十字路口，迷失缘又感染了一种自虐情绪。
3. She would pray God to give her back her boy, and promise she would never, never ill-treat him any more.
   她将扑在他身上，泪如雨下般的祈求上帝让她的孩子起死回生，她答应绝不再亏待他了。

verb

1. treat badly
   1. This boss abuses his workers
   2. She is always stepping on others to get ahead

   Synonym:    mistreatmaltreatabuseill-usestep