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单词 persecute
释义
per·se·cute (pûrsĭ-kyt)
tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes
1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
2. To annoy persistently; bother: persecuted the babysitter with foolish questions.

[Middle English, from Old French persecuter, back-formation from persecuteur, persecutor, from Late Latin persecūtor, from persecūtus, past participle of persequī, to persecute, from Latin, to pursue : per-, per- + sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

perse·cu·tee (-ky-tē) n.
perse·cutive, perse·cu·tory (-ky-tôrē, -kytə-rē) adj.
perse·cutor n.
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