1·Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.
然而，他们往往发现自己是迫害对象，而不是表扬对象。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Tom had become indifferent to persecution by this time.
这时，汤姆已经对和这跟迫害差不多的治疗麻木不仁。
1·Melancholia, sleeplessness, fears of persecution—he writes to Pepys and to Locke and no doubt to others letters which lead them to think that his mind is deranged.
忧郁、失眠，对烦扰的恐惧——他给佩皮斯，给洛克无疑也给别人写信，这些信使得他们认为他已经神经错乱。