burning at the stake
常見例句
- Most "witches" were hanged, rather than the burning at the stake of popular imagination.
多數(shù)“女巫”被絞死了，勝過通常想象的綁在樹樁上燒死。 - And in fact there have been those in theChristian community that wage war in the spiritual realm like Islamicterrorists, even burning at the stake those who oppose theirinterpretation of the Bible.
事實(shí)上，曾有某些基督徒在屬靈爭(zhēng)戰(zhàn)時(shí)就像伊思蘭恐怖分子一樣，甚至把與他們對(duì)圣經(jīng)有不同見解的人燒死。 - We usually associate heretic with religion, namely, the Roman Catholic Church: Inquisition, burning people at the stake, etc.
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