witch hunt

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Liberals fought the noble fight against that witch hunt .
自由主義者與貴族戰(zhàn)斗反對那政治迫害。
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.
我不想把這些變成對他的聲討，因為事實上我非常樂意看到圖雷下賽季留在俱樂部。
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.
作為一個美國人，我既不希望一個民主黨政府粉飾太平，遮遮掩掩，也不希望一個共和黨人誹謗他人，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.
老板丟了一份與另一公司的重要合同，所以他正準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)行調(diào)查，并列出了上周到過他辦公室的人的名單。
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----科學(xué)家們擔(dān)心一場迫害運動已經(jīng)開始，會使可信的科研與可疑的科研一道蒙污。

an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society