mistreat
verb🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mistreat | 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/ 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/ |
| he / she / it mistreats | 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːts/ 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːts/ |
| past simple mistreated | 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪd/ |
| past participle mistreated | 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪd/ 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪd/ |
| -ing form mistreating | 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌmɪsˈtriːtɪŋ/ |
- mistreat somebody/something
to treat a person or an animal in a cruel, unkind or unfair way 虐待 animals that have been mistreated by their owners 被主人虐待的动物