persecution

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən/    美 /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution. countable,uncountable
    — Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.

词形变化

persecutions plural

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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