molest

pronunciation

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  • vt.
    骚扰,干扰
    调戏,(对女性)动手动脚
    妨害

Word Origin

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。

Example

1. Mr neil travelled asia as a language teacher while seeking boys to molest .
而加拿大的尼尔以教授语言为幌子,在亚洲各国寻找儿童作为其行侵犯的对象。
2. The regime 's thugs molest women as a form of political bullying and harassment of women in the streets rises to epidemic levels .
政权的民兵打手们把调戏妇女作为政治恐吓的形式-在大街上骚扰女性已经到了流行这种程度。
3. That you will do us no harm , just as we did not molest you but always treated you well and sent you away in peace .
使你不害我们,正如我们未曾害你,一味地厚待你,并且打发你平平安安的走。
4. Besides , the petty stricture of the kritik that ' thought and being are different ' can at most molest the path of the human mind from the thought of god to the certainty that he is : it cannot take it away .
此外,康德书中关于“思维与存在的差别”的粗浅的说法,对于人心由上帝的思想到上帝存在的确信的过程,最多仅能予以干扰,但绝不能予以取消。

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