persecution
/ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/ 名词 C1中文： 迫害
- The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution. · Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.
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‘On the 23rd you incommoded me; by the middle of February I was seriously inconvenienced by you; at the end of March I was absolutely hampered in my plans; and now, at the close of April, I find myself placed in such a position through your continual persecution that I am in positive danger of losing my liberty.
Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures.
James Desmond, who is the next heir, is an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition, so that this persecution does not arise from him.
“My life has been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I abhor.
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