单词 | abused |
释义 | abusedadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > misled, led astray misleda1400 abuseda1500 misguided1500 traduced1605 miscounselled1643 misinclineda1716 a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 13 There rose ageyns hym [sc. Edward IV] alle the cuntre of Holdernes, whose capteyne was..Sere Jhon Westerdale, whiche aftyrwarde for his abused disposycion was casten in presone. ?1506 M. Beaufort tr. J. de Gruytrode Mirroure of Golde (Pynson) sig. F.v.v O abused creature thou sechest & hopeth to fynde by the vanites of this world Ioye disporte & infinite riches. 1584 A. Munday Watch-woord to Eng. f. 1v The abused creature hath set his felicity in a wrong conceite. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 18 This general defection of the misguided and abus'd multitude. 1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 15 The Conspirators themselves have gotten the reputation with some abused men of the truly Loyal, even for their having Parliaments in contempt. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vii. 314 'Tis the Creature of Ignorance and Mistake, the Issue of an erroneous Judgment, and an abused Understanding. 1782 London Mag. Nov. 531/2 His laudable and manly efforts to undeceive an abused publick. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 203 Things viewed at distance thro' the mist of fear, In their distortion terrify and shock The abused sight. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > obsolete abuseda1513 rusty1549 out of date1589 superannated1605 superannate1608 superannuate1647 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iiiv Whiche made theyr prayers, to goddes abused As Iupiter and Mars. 3. a. Misused; misapplied; wronged, mistreated; injured, damaged; of a drug: used for non-therapeutic purposes. Cf. much-abused adj. at much adj., adv., pron., and n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused misusedc1480 abused1550 misemployed1647 misimproved1661 misimproven1717 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs B iv b An abused and an vnpropre speache. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxi. 13 O you kind Gods cure this great breach in his abused nature. View more context for this quotation a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 388 If afterwards he comes to see the Candor of his abused Friend, he that did the Injury loves him better than before. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 42 Abus'd Prosperity is oftentimes made the very Means of our greatest Adversity. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxv. 148 Am I a prude, my dear? In the odious sense of the abused word, I am sure, I am not. 1860 Times 18 June 11/2 [They] see no religion in propping the abused ‘temporal power’ of the Pope. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xiii. 160 That abused and mistaught herd of human sheep. 1946 Foundry Aug. 85/1 Precision casting is a somewhat abused term. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xv. 286 This drug..continues to be the abused drug of choice in Sweden. 1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 31 May 26/2 The abused yet still beautiful and interesting terrain of the New Jersey Meadowlands. b. Of a person: subjected to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, esp. systematically over a period of time. In later use frequently with modifying adverb specifying the type of abuse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective] misdighta1225 worried1559 ill-used1609 mishandleda1617 well-abused1648 spited1705 mistreated1799 misused1823 abused1826 maltreated1829 1826 Times 5 Apr. 3/5 The ages of the abused children are six and three. 1892 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 3 120 He made several important reports, such as those..on the protection of abandoned and abused children. 1915 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 24 Mar. 6/6 If abused women would have the nerve to see that their brutish husbands were punished..there would be less wife beating. 1977 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 39 204/2 The median age of sexually abused children is eleven. 1991 D. Cicchetti et al. in Constructivist Perspectives on Developmental Psychol. 78 Fear must certainly be a common experience for physically and emotionally abused children. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Apr. 26 The most dangerous time for an abused woman is the period when she has just left or is about to leave her violent partner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1500 |
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