abuse

/əˈbjuːs/（名詞）, /əˈbjuːz/（動詞）

意味: 虐待／悪用

例文: Lena accused Kai of blanket abuse.
　　  レナはカイの毛布の悪用を非難した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: drug abuse（薬物乱用）, physical abuse（身体的虐待）, suffer abuse（虐待を受ける）

定義: 不正に使うこと。人を傷つけたり、権力を乱用したり、薬を過剰に使うことも含む。

abuseは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: cruel or inhumane treatment
Noun: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
Noun: improper or excessive use
Verb: treat badly
Verb: change the inherent purpose or function of something
Verb: use foul or abusive language towards
Verb: use wrongly or improperly or excessively

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Many children suffer from neglect and abuse in silence.(多くの子供たちが無視や虐待に苦しんでいる。)
Stop the abuse; we all deserve to feel safe.(虐待をやめよう；私たちは皆、安全を感じる権利がある。)
The committee condemned the abuse of power by the officials.(委員会は、役人による権力の乱用を非難した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the child showed signs of physical abuse
Noun: when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
Noun: they yelled insults at the visiting team
Noun: alcohol abuse
Noun: the abuse of public funds
Verb: This boss abuses his workers
Verb: She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Verb: Don’t abuse the system
Verb: The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
Verb: The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket
Verb: The angry mother shouted at the teacher
Verb: Her husband often abuses alcohol
Verb: while she was pregnant, she abused drugs

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, contumely, ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, insult, maltreat, maltreatment, mistreat, misuse, pervert, revilement, shout, step, vilification

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attack, disrespect, mistreatment, treat, use

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abuse, annoyance, application, blasphemy, blister, bombard, brutalize, claw, contempt, criminalize, derision, disparagement, disregard, do well by, exploitation, gloss over, handle with kid gloves, harassment, ignore, impudence, maltreatment, mistreat, misuse, mock, nurse, pamper, pervert, play, practice, recycling, ride roughshod, ridicule, rip, rough-house, rubbish, spare, strong-arm, take, upstage, vitriol, waste, whang, wrong

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): child abuse, child neglect, cruelty, curse, fracture, kick around, low blow, persecution, scurrility, slang, stinger, substance abuse, take in vain, vilify, vituperation

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: abuse, abuser, abusive, contumelious, ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, insult, maltreat, maltreater, maltreatment, mistreatment, misuse, perversion, revile, vilify

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: medical

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): ab

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, disgust, fear, negative, sadness