及物动词

1. (因种族、信仰）迫害，残害，压迫
If someone is persecuted, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs.

2. 找…的麻烦；骚扰；纠缠
If you say that someone is persecuting you, you mean that they are deliberately making your life difficult.

1. cause to suffer

e.g. Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union

Synonym: oppress