battered

bat·tered /ˈbætəd $ -ərd/ adjectiveadj

1 OLD/NOT NEWold and in bad condition 破旧的，残旧的

a battered old suitcase

破旧的手提箱

2. battered woman/wife/husband/baby etc HURT/CAUSE PAINsomeone who has been violently attacked by their husband, wife, father etc 遭受虐待的妇女/妻子/丈夫/婴儿等

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battered woman/wife/husband/baby etc• It was not intended to suggest that these were battered wives.• The church has already erred on this side in the counsel it has given battered women.• The person on call made us a cup of tea - battered wives' homes are the greatest!• Now the ikons of female suffering are all around us; the image of the battered woman is high fashion.• Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.• They took us to the police station and then to a battered women's house at about 2 a.m.• The groups most adamant about denying help to battered women were the conservative fundamentalists and some orders of Catholicism.• We have often been tempted to abandon this task; then another battered woman would come into our lived.

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battered• a battered 1969 Ford• There was nothing in his office except for a few battered chairs.• Under the window was an easel and a stool and beside it a battered chest of drawers.• Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude.• He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.• A small, battered house in a small battered terrace; the buildings appeared to be leaning on one another for support.• Alex and Lisa used to drive around town in a battered old Fiat Uno.• His shock decision - on the eve of Labour's party conference - threw a lifeline to battered Premier John Major.• He could see the battered standard lamp, the mirror, the dowdy wallpaper.• It was a small, battered tin money-box.• He looked up and saw a plane following him down; it too had a battered wing-tip.

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