abuse 虐待，凌辱

abuse 可以用作动词和名词，原文中是动词含义，表示「虐待，凌辱」，这个单词的重音在第二个音节。

She suffered years of physical abuse.

她遭受了多年的肉体摧残。

The girl had been abused by her father since she was eleven.

这个女孩自从11岁起就被她的父亲虐待。

abuse做名词的常见含义：

滥用，妄用

alcohol/drug abuse 酗酒，嗜毒

What she did was an abuse of her position as manager.

她的所作所为是滥用经理职权。

辱骂，恶语

to scream/hurl/shout abuse 高声谩骂，破口大骂，大声辱骂

a stream/torrent of abuse 不断辱骂，劈头盖脸一通臭骂