ill-treatment
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪlˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˌɪlˈtriːt.mənt/theactoftreatingsomeonebadly,especiallyby beingviolentor by not takingcareof them:
虐待Manyasylumseekersdescribedthe ill-treatment they hadreceivedindetentioncentres.许多寻求庇护者描述了他们在拘留中心受到的虐待。
Workers had noformalmeanstocomplainabout ill-treatment.工人们没有正式的途径来投诉虐待。
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ill-treat
- Ill-treatment isknowntoleadto highratesofdepression.
- Somemediareportsallegeill-treatment offarmworkers.
- She likened theplightofaquariumanimalsto the pastexposésof ill-treatment and ill-health atzoos.
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw dealidiom
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- infliction
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization