c. 1400, "action of annoying or vexing," from Old French molestacion "vexation, harassing," and directly from Medieval Latin molestationem (nominative molestatio), noun of action from past participle stem of molestare (see molest). It meant "the harassing of a person in his possession or occupation of lands" in Scottish law; in English common law it came to mean "injury inflicted upon another."
权威例句
1. Any case of sexual molestation of a child should be reported to the police.
任何猥亵儿童的情况都应向警察举报。
2. Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation.
2003年的今天,迈克尔·杰克逊因被警方指控有儿童性骚扰行为而被捕.
3. Jackson pleads not guilty on the molestation charges.
2004年:杰克逊认罪不认罪的性骚扰指控.
4. Jackson and his mother Katherine leave court during his 2005 trial for molestation charges.
2005年娈童案审判期间,杰克逊和母亲离开法庭.
5. Rape and child molestation are terrible crimes that can traumatise their victims for life.