persecuted
past simple and past participle ofpersecute
| 单词 | persecuted |
| 释义 | persecuted past simple and past participle ofpersecute persecute verb[T] uk/ˈpɜː.sɪ.kjuːt/us/ˈpɝː.sɪ.kjuːt/totreatsomeoneunfairlyorcruellyover alongperiodoftimebecause oftheirrace,religion, orpoliticalbeliefs, or toannoysomeone byrefusingtoleavethemalone: Religiousminoritieswere persecuted andmassacredduring the ten-yearregime. Hislatestfilmis about theexperienceof being persecutedforbeinggay. Ever since thenewsbrokeabout herdivorce, she has been persecuted by thetabloidpress. Synonym oppress Treating people or animals badly
Examplesofpersecutedpersecuted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Those who remained behind were beleaguered andpersecuted. From theCambridge English Corpus This tends to make quarrels spread, and many monkeys may also combine in mass redirection against onepersecutedvictim. From theCambridge English Corpus Itpersecutedand prosecuted dissenters and recusants who stood in its path and it proclaimed its right so to do in innumerable sermons and treatises. From theCambridge English Corpus They call out to all the poor andpersecuted5 people. From theCambridge English Corpus There is also extensive documentation of the way that individuals and groups who express any form of dissent have beenpersecutedthrough psychiatric means. From theCambridge English Corpus Bats are, however, stillpersecutedby man and in many areas of the world they are becoming endangered species. From theCambridge English Corpus Christians might bepersecutedbut, while thepersecutedwere blessed, the persecutors certainly were not. From theCambridge English Corpus Scientists who had beenpersecutedwere publicly rehabilitated, and the graduate system was resumed. From theCambridge English Corpus The majority, driven by superstition, prejudice, passions and dark instincts, eitherpersecutedthem or garbled their teachings. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, it was a legitimate kind of behaviour in a society which she believed still needed her, even whilst itpersecutedher. From theCambridge English Corpus Many other individual artists were alsopersecutedby the authorities during this period. From theCambridge English Corpus This internal division resulted from differing positions towards the political activities and leanings of the young people who werepersecutedby the military government. From theCambridge English Corpus This issue was cast aside when the need to help individualspersecutedby military dictatorships arose. From theCambridge English Corpus Rarely did any one state or the international community as a whole rally effectively in defence of thepersecutedin another country. From theCambridge English Corpus They were violentlypersecutedby the armed forces. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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