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Persecution is cruel or unfair treatment that goes on, not one day. It is aimed at a person or a group, most often because of religion, political beliefs, or the people they belong to.
Persecution迫害 is cruel or unfair treatment that goes on是持續不斷的殘忍或不公平對待 not one unkind day不是只有某一天不好而已 it它 is aimed at a person or a group針對某個人或某個群體 most often because of religion, political beliefs, or the people they belong to通常是因為宗教、政治信仰、或他們所屬的族群
Governments can do it; so can crowds, police, or even neighbours.
Governments政府 can do it可以進行迫害 so can crowds, police, or even neighbours群眾、警察、甚至鄰居也都可以
You will meet the word in history, in the news, and in law: someone may leave home and ask another country for safety because of persecution.
You你 will meet the word會在 in history, in the news, and in law歷史、新聞、和法律裡遇到這個字 someone有人 may leave home and ask another country for safety because of persecution可能因為受迫害而離開家鄉、向另一個國家尋求庇護
It is a heavy, rather formal noun. Though actually, people sometimes stretch it in everyday talk for a harsh workplace or a nasty boss; careful speakers still keep it for serious, repeated harm, not for one rude remark.
It它 is a heavy, rather formal noun是個沉重、相當正式的名詞 — though actually不過 people大家 sometimes stretch it in everyday talk有時會在日常對話裡把它用得比較鬆 for a harsh workplace or a nasty boss用來指嚴苛的職場或討厭的老闆 careful speakers講究的人 still keep it for serious, repeated harm還是會把它留給嚴重、反覆發生的傷害用 not for one rude remark而不是用在一句無禮的話上
組成The noun is persecute + -ion. It comes from Middle English persecucioun, from Old French, from Church Latin persecūtio, from Latin persequor, “to follow up, to chase,” built from per- (“through, all the way”) + sequor (“to follow”). The picture behind the word is someone being hunted down. It took the place of an older English word, ēhtnes.
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- persecutethe verb: to treat someone in this cruel, ongoing way
- persecutorthe person, group, or power that does it
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
persecutionnoun/ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
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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.
- During the early 20th century, wolves were considered undesirable. They were subject to persecution and were extirpated from large areas of their original range. With increased environmental awareness in the 1970s, attitudes toward wolves began to change.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。