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单词 mistreat
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Definition of mistreat in English:

mistreat

verb mɪsˈtriːtmɪsˈtrit
[with object]
  • Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly.

    he denied mistreating his workers
    a dog which has been mistreated will remain very wary of strangers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We cannot hunt, abuse and mistreat people in a quest for justice.
    • Historians generally agree that the Trek made it impossible for any government to ignore real job creation measures or mistreat workers in subsequent economic downturns.
    • The move by the farmers may sour relations with the government, which has in the past accused white farmers of mistreating their black workers.
    • In fact, in some of these countries, it's routine to mistreat prisoners and do a lot worse to them than we did to our prisoners.
    • It has the right to beat and mistreat anyone locked up.
    • They would mistreat me and abuse me, and would never have trusted me wandering the ship alone.
    • If someday you find yourself with a man who doesn't respect you and mistreats you, don't allow him to ruin your life and the future of your children's lives.
    • A report published today by the pressure group Animal Aid claims that York livestock market mistreats its cattle.
    • These people know nothing about traveling through the Northland, and they badly mistreat Buck.
    • After being sold to a family that mistreats him, Oliver decides to strike out on his own and travels to London where he is befriended by a likeable pickpocket named the Artful Dodger.
    • Certainly we shouldn't mistreat prisoners, or unnecessarily bomb innocent civilians.
    • In the Quran it very carefully and meticulously says you do not mistreat visitors in your own home or visitors in your own country if they are foreigners.
    • The police mistreat people, and we don't condemn them too seriously for that, if it's in the distress of a riot situation.
    • ‘What is particularly troubling is his portrayal of Kazakhstan as a country that mistreats women and is stuck in the Stone Age,’ he said.
    • There were numerous stories and testimony about how the confined people were mistreated in the past.
    • When America, you know, mistreats prisoners, we hold ourselves accountable.
    • If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.
    • What happens when an industry mistreats its customers and its suppliers?
    • He had no reason to love his stepfather, who he says mistreated him and his mother as far back as he can remember.
    • Perpetrators can be parents who abuse and mistreat their children at home before they come to camp.
    Synonyms
    ill-treat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, misuse, treat badly, handle/treat roughly, knock about/around, hit, beat, strike, mishandle
    manhandle, maul, molest, injure, harm, hurt, bully, persecute
    informal beat up, rough up, do over

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat
 
 

Definition of mistreat in US English:

mistreat

verbmɪsˈtritmisˈtrēt
[with object]
  • Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly.

    he denied mistreating his workers
    a dog which has been mistreated will remain very wary of strangers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The move by the farmers may sour relations with the government, which has in the past accused white farmers of mistreating their black workers.
    • ‘What is particularly troubling is his portrayal of Kazakhstan as a country that mistreats women and is stuck in the Stone Age,’ he said.
    • If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals.
    • We cannot hunt, abuse and mistreat people in a quest for justice.
    • If someday you find yourself with a man who doesn't respect you and mistreats you, don't allow him to ruin your life and the future of your children's lives.
    • They would mistreat me and abuse me, and would never have trusted me wandering the ship alone.
    • What happens when an industry mistreats its customers and its suppliers?
    • In fact, in some of these countries, it's routine to mistreat prisoners and do a lot worse to them than we did to our prisoners.
    • He had no reason to love his stepfather, who he says mistreated him and his mother as far back as he can remember.
    • After being sold to a family that mistreats him, Oliver decides to strike out on his own and travels to London where he is befriended by a likeable pickpocket named the Artful Dodger.
    • Perpetrators can be parents who abuse and mistreat their children at home before they come to camp.
    • When America, you know, mistreats prisoners, we hold ourselves accountable.
    • A report published today by the pressure group Animal Aid claims that York livestock market mistreats its cattle.
    • There were numerous stories and testimony about how the confined people were mistreated in the past.
    • In the Quran it very carefully and meticulously says you do not mistreat visitors in your own home or visitors in your own country if they are foreigners.
    • The police mistreat people, and we don't condemn them too seriously for that, if it's in the distress of a riot situation.
    • Historians generally agree that the Trek made it impossible for any government to ignore real job creation measures or mistreat workers in subsequent economic downturns.
    • It has the right to beat and mistreat anyone locked up.
    • Certainly we shouldn't mistreat prisoners, or unnecessarily bomb innocent civilians.
    • These people know nothing about traveling through the Northland, and they badly mistreat Buck.
    Synonyms
    ill-treat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, misuse, treat badly, handle roughly, treat roughly, knock about, knock around, hit, beat, strike, mishandle
 
 
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