| 释义 |
persecute/ˈpɜ:sikju:t/v. tr. 1 subject (a person etc.) to hostility or ill-treatment, esp. on the grounds of political or religious belief (尤指基于政治、宗教信仰原因)迫害，虐待(某人等) 2 harass; worry 骚扰，困扰 3 (often foll. by 常后跟 with) bombard (a person) with questions etc. (用问题等)难为(某人)，给(某人)出难题 □ persecutor n.□ persecutory adj.[Middle English from Old French persecuter, back-formation from persecuteur ‘persecutor’, via Late Latin persecutor from Latin persequi (as PER-, sequi secut- ‘follow, pursue’)] |