vt.
- 迫害，殘害
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They
persecute those who do not conform to their ideas.
他們迫害那些不信奉他們思想的人。
- 困擾，為難[（+with）]
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In summer many people are
persecuted by mosquitoes.
夏天，許多人受到蚊子的騷擾。
衍生
n. [C][U]
persecution
a.
persecutive; persecutory; persecutional
辨析
v.
- subject to prolonged hostility and ill-treatment.
- persistently harass or annoy.
Derivative
- persecution n.
- persecutor n.
- persecutory adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. persecuter, from L. persecut-, persequi ‘follow with hostility’.
