| 单词 | molest |
| 释义 | mo·lest /məˈlest/ verb [transitive] 1 SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHto attack or harm someone, especially a child, by touching them in a sexual way or by trying to have sex with them 〔尤指〕对〔儿童〕性骚扰，猥亵；调戏 SYN abuse men who molest young boys 猥亵男童的男子2 old-fashionedATTACK to attack and physically harm someone 袭击，伤害 a dog that was molesting sheep 正在袭扰羊群的狗 —molester noun [countable] —molestation /ˌməʊleˈsteɪʃən $ ˌmoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] sexual molestation 性骚扰 → child molester→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmolest• An autopsy revealed she had been sexually molested.• Dietz told jurors it was up to them to decide whether Erik was molested.• When discovered, the youths often said they were molested.• Pinochi said the investigation began in June when a woman, now about 29, claimed she was molested as a child.• Her father had molested her and her sisters when they were children.• In this case, the husband had raped his wife following an undertaking to the court not to molest her.• And she had been ... yes, she had been: she had been molested, if only on the surface.• So Argos remained quiescent, and did not, for example, molest Mykenai and Tiryns, which took part in the war.• The boy told officers he had been molested several times.Origin molest (1300-1400) Old French molester, from Latin molestare, from molestus “heavy, annoying”, from moles “mass”mo·lest verbChineseSyllable them someone, a Corpus especially harm by touching child, attack to or |
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