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单词 persecutor
释义
persecutor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sɪ.kjuː.tər/us
/ˈpɝː.sə.kjuː.t̬ɚ/
someone whotreatsaparticulargroupofpeoplecruelly:
迫害者
The country'snativepeopleroseup againsttheirpersecutors.该国的原住民揭竿而起，反抗残害压迫他们的人。
Theclergywere themainpersecutorsofwitchesin theMiddleAges.在中世纪，教会的神职人员是迫害“女巫”的主要力量。
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(Definition ofpersecutorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersecutor

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That is, he traces the historical development of the persecution, and of the bizarre fantasies which the minds of the persecutors entertained about their victims.
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This work is more about the persecutors than their victims.
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There was a trend for higher levels of depression to be associated with higher ratings of the power of thepersecutor.
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Christians might be persecuted but, while the persecuted were blessed, the persecutors certainly were not.
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It is obvious that the values of enlightened history were at odds with those of even competent persecutors.
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He was, in a sickness unto death of logic, or reciprocity, the provocation to, the occasion of, his persecutors' descent into animality.
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Indeed, because of the incessant and often brutal raids for liquor and passes, the police were commonly regarded as persecutors, not protectors.
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A corollary of this argument is that the orgiastic rites did not in fact occur but were false beliefs, in most cases genuinely held by the persecutors.
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Forest's stubbornness was a disappointment to his persecutors.
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Ironically, these helped provoke a new backlash from the godly right - a group in which denominations which were the targets of earlier persecution sit alongside their erstwhile persecutors.
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For example, testing beliefs about the power of the persecutors may lead to a reduction in depression and weaken a core element of the delusional system.
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Fourteen of the participants rated the persecutors as extremely powerful (maximum score of 10).
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As a counterpoint to the death of the paganpersecutor, the legend ends with the saints being reverently buried inside a church, where a healing spring miraculously bubbles up.
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Even fewer know how to eliminate the persecutors, since it is only through understanding the causes and their functions that one may discover how to do so.
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The guilt of the persecutors of these innocent people is equally great and the retribution to be meted out to those persecutors is equally necessary.
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