考研英语高频词汇
abuse n滥用；虐待
<历年真题考查频次：10次>
真题复现1：By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace，to be replaced by new abuses of power.（2020年英语二text3P3）
真题翻译：当一个问题被解决和补救的时候，它可能已经在市场中消失了，取而代之的是新的权力滥用。
真题复现2：“Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering，"to the extent that it constitutes“systematic patient abuse.”（2002年text4P9）
真题翻译：“很多医生似乎不关心他们的病人所遭受的不必要的、可预见的痛苦”，甚至到了构成“系统性虐待病人”的程度。
真题复现3：The phrase“substance abuse”is often used instead of“drug abuse"to makeclear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and cocaine.（1997年text3P1）
真题翻译：人们经常用“物质滥用”来代替“药物滥用”，以表明滥用酒精和烟草等物质与滥用海洛因和可卡因一样有害。
