persecutor UK ['pɜ:.sɪ.kju:.tər] US ['pɝ:.sɪ.kju:.tˌɚ] noun countable ■someone who treats a particular group of people cruelly 迫害者•The country's native people rose up against their persecutors.该国的土著揭竿而起,反抗那些残害压迫他们的人。 •The clergy were the main persecutors of witches in the Middle Ages.在中世纪,教会的神职人员是迫害“女巫”的主要力量。 |