witch-hunts

witch-hunts first appeared in large numbers in southern france and switzerland.

在法国南部和瑞士，大规模搜捕女巫的行动开始出现。

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the new york times, which is seldom in the vanguard of witch-hunts against democrats, has already urged him to resign his chairmanship.

《纽约时报》，这家鲜来充当针对民主党派排头兵的报刊也已敦促格兰特辞去主席职务。

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christians have often gotten it wrong - narrowing god's ministry and mission in order to justify witch-hunts, crusades, and colonization.

基督徒过去常常犯错误，比如，将上帝的旨意和使命误读为政治迫害、十字军东征和殖民化。

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this is the modern-day variant of the discredited witch-hunts of the 1950s.

这是20世纪50年代臭名昭著的猎巫行动（以莫须有罪名进行的政治迫害）在当今时代的变种。

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These critics also argue that companies often do these searches out of prudery or as ideological witch hunts.

他们还认为，公司进行这种搜索常常是出于太过谨慎或者意识形态上的迫害。

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anti-Communist witch-hunts

反共大搜捕

朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版

witch hunts, which often end in the death of old women, are still common too.

搜捕巫师，这种现象仍然十分普遍，最后经常是以老年妇人的死结束。

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but there's a clear chilling effect when scholars know that they may face witch hunts whenever they say things the g. o. p. doesn't like.

但是，当学者知道无论何时只要他们说共和党不喜欢的话，就可能面临明显政治迫害时，显然存在一种使人感到不寒而栗的影响。

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