DV
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdiːˈviː/ us/ˌdiːˈviː/
家庭暴力（domestic violence的缩写），家暴
abbreviation for domestic violence: a situation in which someone is attacked and hurt by a person who lives with them
She highlights how victims of DV have been failed by the legal system. 她通过实例强调家暴的受害者没有受到法律体制的保护。
DV prevention schemes 预防家庭暴力方案
- More examples
- Often in DV cases the perpetrator will turn up in court, months after the incident, in a smart suit, looking all innocent.
- DV victims are of course not always wives, women, or in heterosexual relationships, and abusers are not always male.
- Allegations of DV were made against him.
- Her friend helped her flee to a DV refuge.