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persecute 音标拼音: [p'ɚsəkj ,ut] vt. 迫害,虐待,困扰 迫害,虐待,困扰 persecute v 1: cause to suffer; " Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" [ synonym: { persecute}, { oppress}] Persecute \ Per" se* cute\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Persecuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Persecuting}.] [ F. pers[' e] cueter, L. persequi, persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per sequi to follow, pursue. See { Per-}, and { Second}.] 1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship. [ 1913 Webster] Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. -- Matt. v. 44. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy. [ 1913 Webster] 123 Moby Thesaurus words for " persecute": abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, befoul, beset, bewitch, blight, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bully, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, devil, disadvantage, discompose, disserve, distemper, distress, disturb, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, dog, doom, dragoon, envenom, exasperate, exercise, fash, fret, get, get into trouble, gripe, harass, harm, harry, haunt, heckle, hector, hex, hound, hunt, hurt, ill- treat, impair, importune, infect, injure, irk, irritate, jinx, maltreat, martyr, menace, miff, mistreat, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, oppress, outrage, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, plague, play havoc with, play hob with, pluck the beard, poison, pollute, pother, prejudice, provoke, punish, pursue, rack, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, savage, scathe, subjugate, suppress, taint, tease, threaten, torment, torture, trouble, try the patience, tweak the nose, tyrannize, vex, victimize, violate, worry, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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