witch hunt
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈwɪtʃ ˌhʌnt]
- 美式音标 [ˈwɪtʃ ˌhʌnt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 对反对派的搜捕；政治迫害。
英汉例句
- Liberals fought the noble fight against that witch hunt .
自由主义者与贵族战斗反对那政治迫害。 - I don't want to turn this into a Kolo Toure witch hunt because the truth is I'd like to see him stay at the club.
我不想把这些变成对他的声讨，因为事实上我非常乐意看到图雷下赛季留在俱乐部。 - As an American, I do not want a Democratic administration white wash or cover up any more than I want a Republican smear or witch hunt.
作为一个美国人，我既不希望一个民主党政府粉饰太平，遮遮掩掩，也不希望一个共和党人诽谤他人，搞政治迫害。 - The boss has lost an important contract to another company,so now he's organizing a witch hunt and is making lists of those who were in his office during last week.
老板丢了一份与另一公司的重要合同，所以他正准备进行调查，并列出了上周到过他办公室的人的名单。 - Amidst charges and countercharges -- some of them spurious -- scientists worry that a witch hunt is starting up that could besmirch the credible research along with the suspect.
在指控和反指控之中----其中有的似是而非----科学家们担心一场迫害运动已经开始，会使可信的科研与可疑的科研一道蒙污。
英英字典
- an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society