molest
英 [mə'lest]
美[mə'lɛst]
- vt. 骚扰；调戏；干扰
词态变化
第三人称单数: molests;过去式: molested;过去分词: molested;现在分词: molesting;名词: molestation; molester;
助记提示
谐音“摸了身体”--- 摸女孩儿的身体，不是骚扰是神马？
中文词源
molest 性骚扰
来自拉丁语molestus,麻烦的，难以控制的，来自moles,大块，词源同mole,demolish.引申词义麻烦，烦恼，苦恼，后特别用于指性骚扰。
英英释意
- 1. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- 2. annoy continually or chronically;
- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
- "This man harasses his female co-workers"
英文词源
- molest (v.)
- late 14c., "to cause trouble, grief, or vexation," from Old French molester "to torment, trouble, bother" (12c.) and directly from Latin molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from molestus "troublesome, annoying, unmanageable," perhaps related to moles "mass" (see mole (n.3)) on notion of either "burden" or "barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950. Related: Molested; molesting.
实用场景例句
- a child molester
- 对儿童进行性骚扰者
牛津词典
- He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague.
- 他被指控对一位女同事进行性骚扰。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Cares do still their thoughts molest, and still the unhappy poet's breast.
- 烦忧仍然困扰诗人的思绪, 诗人郁闷的胸膛.
期刊摘选
- Warrior, hand of mine shall never molest your scalp.
- 战士, 我的手决不碰你的头皮.
辞典例句
- If I were gone, all these would molest you.
- 如果没有我, 这一切都会来骚扰你.
辞典例句
- We did not molest the big dog, because we were afraid of him.
- 我们没有去惊扰那只大狗, 因为我们怕它.
期刊摘选
- He was within his walls, secure from all molest.
- 他在自己屋里, 不受任何干扰.
辞典例句
- He is accused of molest children in the park.
- 他被控告在公园对儿童进行性骚扰.
期刊摘选
- If the man continues to molest her, I promise to keep no measures with the delinquent.
- 如果那人继续对她进行骚扰, 我将对他这个违法者毫不宽容.
期刊摘选
- But it can molest Maria.
- 可是这会使玛丽亚心里难受.
辞典例句
- The secret police dared not molest Mr. Zuo, they were just out to frighten Mr. Cao.
- 他们不敢得罪左先生, 而得吓吓就吓吓曹先生.
汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- Don't molest crops, women or prisoners of war.
- 不损坏庄稼, 不调戏妇女,不虐待战俘.
期刊摘选