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词汇 persecuting
释义 persecuting
present participle ofpersecute
persecute
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈpɜː.sɪ.kjuːt/ us /ˈpɝː.sɪ.kjuːt/
to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone: (因种族、宗教、政治信仰)迫害;虐待;烦扰,纠缠
Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.在长达10年的独裁统治期间,宗教信仰上的少数派遭到了迫害和屠杀。
His latest film is about the experience of being persecuted for being gay.他最新的一部影片以同性恋者受迫害的经历为题。
Ever since the news broke about her divorce, she has been persecuted by the tabloid press.自从她离婚的消息传出后,她一直被通俗小报揪住不放。
Synonym
oppress
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Examples of persecuting


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


So why are we persecuting huntsmen and huntswomen?
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Instead, they are harassing, persecuting and hounding the unemployed.
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It is by attracting those who have capital and managerial and executive ability, encouraging them, instead of persecuting and vilifying them.
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They should bring them back into use before persecuting people in the private sector.
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I was accused of persecuting a railwayman's widow in just such circumstances as have been described.
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They have thrived under persecution for the past 100 years, and we must be allowed to go on persecuting them—for their own enjoyment.
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In my view speed enforcement is not about persecuting motorists, as some of the more extreme commentators suggest.
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It makes them feel that the people who are persecuting them are their immediate enemies.
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They can see a difference between that and persecuting minorities, banning dissent or unpopular opinions and undermining our traditional rights and freedoms.
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The only evidence given came from those persecuting and prosecuting him.
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It is no good persecuting those people: they must be offered the chance of a legitimate life.
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They thought, and often quite correctly, that the persons they were persecuting were a small minority, ignorant and defiled by many faults and infirmities.
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Asylum seekers may well have escaped from a persecuting or life-threatening country only by concealing or embellishing the bare truth of their situation.
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Let us clear up our minds and cease from persecuting this unfortunate and despised race.
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Another reason why people frequent clubs is that they avoid the sometimes persecuting attentions of landlords.
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