persecutes
v. (尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的第三人稱單數 ); 煩擾,困擾或騷擾某人
If someone is persecuted, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs.
Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...
韋弗先生和他的家人由於其信仰而遭到當局的迫害。
They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.
他們開始殘酷迫害天主教。
If you say that someone is persecuting you, you mean that they are deliberately making your life difficult.
He said his first wife persecuted him with her unreasonable demands...
他說他的第一任妻子總是拿無理要求糾纏他。
Vic was bullied by his father and persecuted by his sisters.
維克受到父親的欺壓和姊妹們的糾纏。