be put upon
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
informalto betreatedbadlyby someone whotakesadvantageofyourwishto behelpful:
被利用,被人占便宜I'mfedup with being put upon by mybossall thetime.老是被老板利用,我受够了。
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw dealidiom
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- infliction
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization