persecution

C1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #15416

n. 虐待, 迫害运动, 迫害, 烦扰 [法] 迫害, 虐待, 困扰

发音

US /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
UK /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən/

词形变化

persecutions 复数 persecutions

教材释义与例句

名词

迫害；烦扰

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.

    迫害

    可数 不可数

    Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

abuse ill-treatment ill-usage maltreatment

下位词 5

torture torturing oppression pogrom subjugation

相关短语

persecution complex [医] 迫害情结 persecution complexes

词源

Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.

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