考研英语真题单词串讲：abuse

abuse [əˈbjuːz]     vt.吸收

【真题】

“Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering,” to the extent that it ________ “systematic patient abuse ”.【2002text4】

A. constitute B. constitutes

C. constituting D. constituted

【译文】

“大量的医生似乎并不关心他们的病人正在不必要地并可预见地遭受的痛苦，”在某种程度上，这构成了“系统性病人虐待 ”。

【句子成分分析】

【例题参考答案】B

be concerned with 对……关注/关心

to the extent that 到…的程度

【补充例句】

【真题】 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.【英语二2018text3】

【译文】当一个问题得到解决和补救时，它可能已经在市场上消失，被新的权力滥用所取代。