英语词汇“persecute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To persecute is to make someone suffer or to keep them in bad circumstances. In some parts of the world governments or military groups persecute, or punish, people for religious beliefs, often sending them to prisons or work camps.

You can use the verb persecute to talk about abusive acts against a person or group of people. Persecute is usually used to specify the harm done to a particular group, as when a person is persecuted for his affiliation with a religious group. Those born of a certain race or culture can be targets too. Adolf Hitler became notorious for his orders to persecute the Jewish people.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

persecute / prosecute

But I firmly believe these particular bureaucrats have only one group they plan to monitor and persecute — I mean prosecute — on this issue.

What is it about pursuing legal action that makes people think of harassing someone? Although we're not sure, it turns out that people have been confusing persecute and prosecute from the start.

Prosecute entered English first: probably before 1425 from prosecuten (to follow up or pursue) in Polychronicon by Ranulf Higdon. Higdongot his term from the Latin prōsecūtus, whose root means to pursue. By 1579, prosecute had taken on the sense of pursuing legal action before a court:

His compassion and experience would allow him to prosecute cases that will make us all safer.

Persecute, on the other hand, entered English in 1450 meaning to pursue for the purpose of harming. Before 1450, it had often been confused with prosecuten from (you guessed it) Higdon's Polychronicon. Persecute, however, comes from the Middle French persécuter, to pursue, torment, or begin legal action. Today, persecute can mean harming, harassing, tormenting, or oppressing:

"It was actively involved in every operation to persecute, expel and exterminate the Jews from the very beginning," he said.

Given that persecute and prosecute once both meant shades of to pursue and to begin legal action, perhaps those who confuse the two should be neither prosecuted or persecuted.

WORD FAMILY

persecute: persecuted, persecutes, persecuting, persecution, persecutor+/persecution: persecutions/persecutor: persecutors

USAGE EXAMPLES

The roughly 1 million Rohingya Muslims are widely described as the world’s most persecuted minority.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Parsis arrived in India in the 10th century after Islamic rulers persecuted them in Persia, modern-day Iran.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016)

The governor of Baghdad, Ali Tamimi, denounced what he described as a "barbaric" act that sought to "persecute and muzzle journalists".

BBC(Dec 27, 2016)

v cause to suffer

Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

oppress

purge

oust politically

bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

treat cruelly

单词	persecute
释义	persecute (once / 241 pages) v To persecute is to make someone suffer or to keep them in bad circumstances. In some parts of the world governments or military groups persecute, or punish, people for religious beliefs, often sending them to prisons or work camps. You can use the verb persecute to talk about abusive acts against a person or group of people. Persecute is usually used to specify the harm done to a particular group, as when a person is persecuted for his affiliation with a religious group. Those born of a certain race or culture can be targets too. Adolf Hitler became notorious for his orders to persecute the Jewish people. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS persecute / prosecute But I firmly believe these particular bureaucrats have only one group they plan to monitor and persecute — I mean prosecute — on this issue. What is it about pursuing legal action that makes people think of harassing someone? Although we're not sure, it turns out that people have been confusing persecute and prosecute from the start. Prosecute entered English first: probably before 1425 from prosecuten (to follow up or pursue) in Polychronicon by Ranulf Higdon. Higdongot his term from the Latin prōsecūtus, whose root means to pursue. By 1579, prosecute had taken on the sense of pursuing legal action before a court: His compassion and experience would allow him to prosecute cases that will make us all safer. Persecute, on the other hand, entered English in 1450 meaning to pursue for the purpose of harming. Before 1450, it had often been confused with prosecuten from (you guessed it) Higdon's Polychronicon. Persecute, however, comes from the Middle French persécuter, to pursue, torment, or begin legal action. Today, persecute can mean harming, harassing, tormenting, or oppressing: "It was actively involved in every operation to persecute, expel and exterminate the Jews from the very beginning," he said. Given that persecute and prosecute once both meant shades of to pursue and to begin legal action, perhaps those who confuse the two should be neither prosecuted or persecuted. WORD FAMILY persecute: persecuted, persecutes, persecuting, persecution, persecutor+/persecution: persecutions/persecutor: persecutors USAGE EXAMPLES The roughly 1 million Rohingya Muslims are widely described as the world’s most persecuted minority. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Parsis arrived in India in the 10th century after Islamic rulers persecuted them in Persia, modern-day Iran. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) The governor of Baghdad, Ali Tamimi, denounced what he described as a "barbaric" act that sought to "persecute and muzzle journalists". BBC(Dec 27, 2016) v cause to suffer Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper oppress purge oust politically bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment treat cruelly
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