| 释义 |
misused, ppl. a.|mɪsˈjuːzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Improperly used or employed; ill-treated.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxv. (Thadee) 17 Mysoysit beute dois Il ofte. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 15 T, the last of these misused souldioures, keepes alwayes it's aun nature, excep it be befoer tio. 1634Milton Comus 47 The sweet poyson of mis-used Wine. 1823Scott Peveril xxxix, Submitting to all his injustice with the endurance of a faithful and misused spaniel. 1837J. H. Newman Par. Serm. I. ix. 139 The poor mis-used soul is left exhausted. 1853J. Nichol in Knight Mem. (1896) 106 That misused sense of the word gallantry. |