As the witch-hunts grew ever fiercer, wizarding families began to live double lives, using charms of concealment to protect themselves and their families.

随着抓捕巫师的行为越来越残酷，巫师家庭开始过着一种双重生活，用隐藏咒来保护自己以及家人。

The district attorney is conducting a witch-hunt for his own political ambitions.

地方检察官正在为自己的政治野心进行政治迫害。

In any wise, he wanted to help the people out of a witch-hunt even though they were none the wiser.

无论如何，他想帮助人们脱离政治迫害，即使他们被告知后仍一无所知。

Danny says the district attorney is doing this trial, conducting this witch-hunt, " for his own political ambitions."

丹尼说，地方检察官正在进行这次审判， 进行这场政治迫害，“是为了他自己的政治野心” 。

Meanwhile, Congress conducted its own witchhunt subpoenaing hundreds of people to testify before investigative bodies like the House Un-American Activities Committee.

与此同时，国会进行了自己的政治迫害，传唤数百人在众议院非美活动委员会等调查机构面前作证。

Carol says, " No, he's not, " meaning " No, the district attorney is not conducting a witch-hunt."

卡罗尔说，“不，他没有，” 意思是“不， 地方检察官没有进行政治迫害。

A witch-hunt also has this notion of being politically motivated – that it is being done not for criminal reasons, if you will, but for political reasons.

政治迫害也有这种出于政治动机的概念——如果你愿意的话，它不是出于犯罪原因，而是出于政治原因。

Danny says that this trial is being conducted by a district attorney who's on " a witch-hunt." A " witch" (witch) is supposedly a woman who has magical powers.

丹尼说，这次审判是由一位正在进行“猎巫行动”的地方检察官主持的。

Nowadays, when someone talks about a witch-hunt, they're usually talking about someone, especially the government, trying to find people who are guilty, even though they're not really guilty.

如今，当有人谈论政治迫害时， 他们通常是在谈论某人， 尤其是政府，试图找到有罪的人， 即使他们并没有真正有罪。

The term " witch-hunt, " however, refers to the practice of looking for people to punish, not because they've done anything wrong, but because they are of a different opinion or act in a different way than you do.

然而，“政治迫害” 一词指的是找人进行惩罚的做法，不是因为他们做错了什么，而是因为他们的观点或行为与你不同。

The idea of a witch-hunt goes back, at least in the U.S., to the famous Salem witch trials, where several women were accused or were said to have been witches and were eventually arrested, and some of them killed.

猎巫的想法可以追溯到，至少在美国，到著名的塞勒姆女巫审判，几名妇女被指控或据说是女巫并最终被捕，其中一些被杀。

Some people seem to be confused about who does the chasing in a witch-hunt