ill-treatment

1. N-UNCOUNT 虐待;折磨
   Ill-treatment is harsh or cruel treatment.
   1. Ill-treatment of animals remains commonplace...
      虐待动物的现象依然很普遍。
   2. The victims had either died as a result of their ill-treatment or had been left crippled.
      受害人或者被虐待致死,或者致残。

1. I beg you would not put it into Lizzy's head to be vexed by his ill-treatment; for he is such a disagreeable man that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.
   我请求你别叫丽萃想起了他这种无礼的举动又生起气来；他是那么讨厌的一个人，被他看上了才叫倒霉呢。
2. Medical wastes are harmful to people'health especially when re-infect ion and environmental pollution occur due to the ill-treatment of them.
   医疗废物是危险废物，若处理不当将引起二次传染和环境污染，危害人们身体健康。
3. Unable to stand ill-treatment there, he fled but was soon brought back to the monastery that forced him to resume secular life.
   他不堪忍受医院的疾病，逃走后很快又被送回寺庙，被迫还俗。

noun

1. cruel or inhumane treatment
   1. the child showed signs of physical abuse

   Synonym:    maltreatmentill-usageabuse