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grind someone down
phrasal verb with grindverb[ T ]uk /ɡraɪnd/ us /ɡraɪnd/ground | ground
to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back: 长期欺压（某人）;长时间虐待（某人）（使其失去反抗能力）
Ground down by years of abuse, she did not have the confidence to leave him.多年来所受的虐待已经使她丧失了逃离他魔爪的信心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Treating people or animals badly
a raw dealidiom
abuser
anti-harassment
at the hands of someoneidiom
batten
batten on someone
ill-treat
ill-treatment
ill-used
impose
inflict
prey on something
put someone through something
put upon
reduce
uncared for
use
victimization
victimize
victimology
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