| 单词 | persecution |
| 释义 | persecution (once / 446 pages) n Persecution is unfair or abusive treatment toward a person or group of people, such as the persecution of someone who is different by calling him or her rude names and making threats. The noun persecution is related to persecute, which comes from Latin persecut-, meaning “followed with hostility.” Persecution means hassling or singling out a person or group because of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or social status. In many schools, the persecution of students by bullies has resulted in a zero-tolerance policy for such despicable behavior. WORD FAMILYpersecution: persecutions+/persecute: persecuted, persecutes, persecuting, persecution, persecutor/persecutor: persecutors USAGE EXAMPLESPastor Brunson’s treatment is also symptomatic of growing Christian persecution in Turkey. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) He pointed to Thailand forcibly repatriating ethnic Uighurs to China despite the risk they would face persecution. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) But international law prohibits "push-backs" to areas where migrants are at risk from war or persecution. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) n the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) Hypo|Hyper oppression, subjugation the act of subjugating by cruelty pogromorganized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews) renditionhanding over prisoners to countries where torture is allowed torture, torturingthe deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason bastinado, falangaa form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels boota form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed burninga form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin crucifixion, excruciationthe infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering genital tortureblunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal) judicial torturetorture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials kia quena form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed kitteea form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more nail pulling, nail removala form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed picket, piqueta form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake prolonged interrogationa form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours racka form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body sensory deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input sleep deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep strapado, strappadoa form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope electric shockthe use of electricity to administer punishment or torture dismemberment, taking apartthe removal of limbs; being cut to pieces abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment cruel or inhumane treatment |
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