| 词汇 | example_english_witch |
| 释义 | Examples of witchThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In 1570-1, however, the human subterfuge was replaced by 'a wider, more stereotypical malicious use of poisonous grease by witches ' (p. 149). He is clear that this is not an ' ancient religion ' in the sense which most witches still claim. The most vexing problem the witches presented was their destabilising of such terms as 'realistic' and 'fantastic', or 'fatal' and 'trivial'. Women in textbooks are most likely to appear in traditional roles, such as a farmer, or as mythological figures, such as witches. Secondly, there is the group of umfield sites connected with sagas about witches and, occasionally, the devil. In every continent traditions have been recorded in which witches, although operating within set customs of their kind, do so individually and alone. At each harvest, the total number of fruits and the number of fruits infected with witches' broom per plot were recorded. They identified witches, detected thieves and aided lovers. His witches gain a certain strength from having their coarseness so blatant. The mid-twentieth-century critics are offended precisely because they don't want witches to sound trivial. Just as political and religious power are comparable, so too are the actions of covens of witches and exclusive groups of plotters and putschists. At the same time the commission acknowledged that it is difficult to detect witches, as their crimes cannot be witnessed by the naked eye. The two collections of essays present the findings of research into midwives, folk healers, matchmakers, witches and women's religious communities. In other words, they were not real men but first-class witches. Master witches, according to the authors' conclusion, were like other witches. Additionally, they were usually accused of having practised the same kind of magic as female witches (page 49). The belief in gatherings of witches is related to the divergent views of the relationship between the operations of witches and their physical selves. According to his findings, witches of the lowveld are targeted among envious subordinates, predominantly non-kin. I say tricks, but the witches are remarkable for their utter frankness about their prestidigitergiversations. She started hearing "witches" voices that told her to hurt herself because she was bad. Using several examples they show that men, too, could be ' real ' witches. Several researchers have investigated the idea of ' men as witches ', but frequently dispelled men as a secondary target group. Despite many similarities with the descriptions of treason trials, the accounts of the executions of witches differ in two important respects. In fact, the experiences and behaviours of female saints and witches were themselves shaped by male expectations. The impulse to hunt witches has often served merely to confirm the existing leaders and ranks of communities in their traditional roles. However, high planting density also favoured witches' broom incidence. There are witches' universities, with lecturers and staff. Many civilians greatly feared the powers of witches and felt that with their executions the deaths of many innocent people could be prevented. The fact that he helped bring to justice witches who were among his followers only reinforced his personal power as leader. Eliminativism (about color) is then comparable to eliminativism about witches or phlogiston. There are people there who defame us as being witches. The other is a broad consideration of male witches, based on a variety of types of sources. Everybody believed that witches practised black magic and lived among them. The slander cases in general accord with the witchcraft cases when it comes to the gender of the witches. Ubiquitous and sensational, testimony concerning the spectral appearance of the alleged witches dominated the preliminary hearings and was a factor in the trials themselves. There is, unsurprisingly, equal mutability in beliefs regarding the practices of witches, although certain patterns are very widespread. The first of those believed in witches, but very rarely accused anybody of being one. Objections can be made to either argument: it is hard to get the witches in focus. The power of witches in fact springs from their ambiguity, their appetite for scattering things about. He called for support not only from the clerical, but also from the secular magistrates, when he exhorted that witches not be allowed to live. I have been tempted to advance such interpretations before, about operatic curses, witches, demons and other supernatural phenomena. Beginning as instruments of tragedy, agents of a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will, the witches end as vehicles of a universal inconsequentiality. Here witches were not at all prominent. Far more research is needed, however, on the identity and social standing of searchers before everyone is convinced by the parallels drawn between searchers and witches. The law now prosecuted fraudulent claims relating to supposed magical powers, and attacks on or threats to supposed witches, and not the practice of magic itself. Incidents of witches' broom disease in the canopy may have had some impact on the results since localized infection within a canopy cause early necrosis and leaf fall. In popular imagery evil-doers are often associated with small, exclusive and secret groups which perform their actions at night, one of the perceived characteristics of witches. Everywhere there were farriers and innkeepers with a knack for healing, wise women who knew about herbs (who might or might not have a reputation as witches). All sorts of opportunities are offered to the denouncer and the hunter of witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sit round the cauldron of the market place like a lot of witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, some £4,000 a year is spent from local funds to combat witches broom disease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we have something a little like the old procedure of ducking witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As for going back to their own country, it is a little like the test of ducking witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All too often, its mention produces giggles and images of witches on broomsticks, but satanism is not the same thing as witchcraft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us that 200 years ago witches were punished in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frighteningly, we also came across the concept of child witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know which particular witches' cauldron he was thinking about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In times past there were people of the highest standing in this country who believed in witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that those are the very adjectives that some of our less enlightened ancestors may have applied to witches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, of course, the old saying about "too many cooks, "and one can only hope that the "broth" is not going to be a witches' cauldron. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The witch's spell has been broken and the 10 years' celebratory events which were supposed to happen last week turned out not to be a celebration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two people who are associated with witches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While witches look and act like human women, they are actually demons in human shape. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He thinks this will cause the witches to lose their power, and the people will like him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The real question is: are we to believe that witchcraft occurred in a given situation simply because of what the witches claim? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were mostly tolerated in the 16th century, but from the 1590s they began to be persecuted as witches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Witches and warlocks however have more knowledge and power for using it for their purposes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are two main accounts of these witches being tried. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People may complain of witches and skin-walkers that do harm to their minds, bodies, and families. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Known members of the community may be accused as witches, or the witches may be perceived as supernatural, non-human entities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He described its uses for treatment of asthma, to expedite delivery, to keep away witches, and as a love-philtre. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Romanians have had, from time immemorial, a myriad of customs, tales and poems about love, faith, kings, princesses, and witches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Witches rarely do any magic, in fact, relying more on common sense, hard work, and a peculiar brand of psychology known as "headology". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The soft geology of the area is, according to some mountain witches, not conducive to the channelling of magic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nasty, mean witches, and we'll get some great actresses for them as well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Along with the president, the rest of the student council is aware of the existence of witches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the villagers arrived they would view them all in a mirror, and claimed they could identify witches with this method. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Before (and after) this time the allegations against others made by witches were rarely taken seriously, as it was considered to be the devil's evidence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In each case, ambition, spurred by the prophecies of the witches, is what drives the couple to commit their atrocities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His desire is for the crown, and the way he starts at the witches' double prophecy shows that he already has it in mind. Secondly, there are witches and cats, the latter usually being used as a metaphor for witches. The general theme is that the witches and cats used the cemeteries for their nocturnal meetings and dances. The witches' meeting places were to be found on heathland and the hares which were associated with -witches also lived there. Secondly, although the book's main theme is the connection between plague-spreaders and witches, other aspects emerge meriting further analysis from a comparative viewpoint. The witches have a government, organised just like a visible government except that those in charge are women. From about 1720 to 1760 producers and critics had been unwilling to integrate the witches with the 'real' characters in the play. Early results of regional research have shown that high planting density favours witches' broom incidence, regardless of the cacao genotype. If their nightly battles with witches were successful, their crop was protected. The witches are indeed the 'weyward sisters', at once weird and wayward, eerie and obstinate. A quick glance at the 129 cases for slander reveals 23 of them, some 18 per cent, to be men who had been called witches. Chapter ii looks at the continuing action taken against witches at the popular level. However, the pastor attributes the problems of unemployed and underemployed church members, or those without the necessary immigration papers, to witches and evil forces. In extreme cases, ritual ordeals could reveal witches and dispose of them. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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