Witch-hunt
n. 对行巫者的搜捕
📖 牛津释义
witch-hunt
n
(a) search to find and destroy people thought to be witches 搜捕女巫.
(b) (fig usu derog 比喻, 通常作贬义) investigation made in order to persecute people who hold unorthodox or unpopular views 为迫害持非正统观点者而进行的调查
The crusade for sexual morality is turning into a witch-hunt. 捍卫性道德的运动正在转化成对持异议人士的迫害.
🧩 词语组成解析
witch
[witʃ]
n. 女巫，巫婆;<贬>讨人嫌的丑女人;迫害的对象;
vt. 施巫术;
hunt
[hʌnt]
vt.& vi. 打猎;猎取;
vt. 打猎;追捕，猎杀;在…处狩猎;搜索;
vi. 追逐猎物;寻找;前后摆动;积极地寻找;
n. 打猎;狩猎旅行;参加狩猎旅行的人;
🗣️ 情景例句
I hope that he will succeed.
我希望他会成功。
Your car hit me and now I demand the money to pay the doctor with!
你的汽车撞了我，所以我要求你支付赔偿。
Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.
同时，他建立了一所拳击学校，办得很成功，连拜伦勋爵也成了他的学生。