| 单词 | witchcraft |
| 释义 | witchcraft noun[U] uk/ˈwɪtʃ.krɑːft/us/ˈwɪtʃ.kræft/theactivityofperformingmagictohelporharmotherpeople 巫术，魔法Magic
witchcraft| American Dictionarywitchcraft noun[U] us/ˈwɪtʃˌkræft/the use ofmagic,esp. instories, tohelporharmpeople Examplesofwitchcraftwitchcraft Still, it can be confidently affirmed that nonspectral acts ofwitchcraftprovided the one charge that most surely drew the court's attention. From theCambridge English Corpus While the accusation of treason often came from guerrillas themselves, thewitchcraftcases were often brought before guerrillas by civilians. From theCambridge English Corpus The other notion concerned the supernatural, expressed as magic andwitchcraft. From theCambridge English Corpus The longevity of the beliefs which linkedwitchcraftto political power was in part owing to the role of ocimbandas. From theCambridge English Corpus There is also considerable variety in the perceived social organization ofwitchcraft. From theCambridge English Corpus However, two of the six charged with non-spectral acts ofwitchcrafthad also confessed. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet many stakeholders are caught directly in trans-local social networks, which apparently exert an ever-increasing impact on modern structures ofwitchcraftaccusations. From theCambridge English Corpus In the same vein,witchcrafttrials appear to have started earlier and reached higher intensity in areas containing major towns or trading centres. From theCambridge English Corpus The linking ofwitchcraftand a trade in child's body parts is a seemingly common phenomenon. From theCambridge English Corpus Not unexpectedly it proved particularly effective in cleansing societies of substances associated withwitchcraft. From theCambridge English Corpus The ramifications, therefore, reach beyond the history ofwitchcraftto the history of mentalities. From theCambridge English Corpus When this happened, the family suspected a neighbour forwitchcraft. From theCambridge English Corpus Witchcraftof this sort must of course be fought against. From theCambridge English Corpus One clearly remembered and immediate outcome was a remarkable increase inwitchcraftsuspicions and a lack of mutual trust among neighbours. From theCambridge English Corpus The pattern is even more clearly demonstrated when domestic violence and the - frequently studied - prosecutions forwitchcraftare considered. 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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