witch hunt
成語所屬單字witch
witch hunt — 慣用語
1. A campaign of persecution against people who hold different or unpopular views,
1.慣用語
釋義
政治迫害；獵巫行動
A campaign of persecution against people who hold different or unpopular views, especially in politics, the workplace, or public life. The term comes from the historical persecution of people accused of witchcraft in early modern Europe and America.
例句
The senator called the investigation a witch hunt designed to destroy his reputation.
During the McCarthy era, many artists lost their jobs in the witch hunt for suspected communists.