domestic abuse
noun[U]
uk/dəˌmes.tɪk əˈbjuːs/us/dəˌmes.tɪk əˈbjuːs/crueltreatmentof apersonby someone wholiveswith them, that couldincludeviolenceor othertypesofcruelbehaviour:
家庭暴力，家暴Herboyfriendhad acriminalhistoryofdomesticabuse.她男朋友有家暴犯罪记录。
As achildhewatchedhismotherbecomeavictimofdomesticabuse.小时候，他眼睁睁地看着自己的母亲成为家庭暴力的受害者。
Compare
domestic violence
- Shestarteda nonprofit whichoffersfreeyogaclassestosurvivorsofdomesticabuse.
- Shespokeabout herstruggleswithdomesticabuseandpost-traumaticstressdisorder.
- Heannouncedthecreationofspecialistfamilyprotectionunitstotacklechildabuse,sexualoffencesanddomesticabuse.
- Weconsiderdomesticabusetoincludecontrolling,coercive,threatening,degradingandviolentbehaviour,includingsexualviolence, by apartner, ex-partner,familymember, orcarer.
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