Question of the Day #385

"Christa Ackroyd: Why Meghan mustn’t be hounded like her late mother in law Princess Diana"
From the headline of this article at the Yorkshire Evening Post.

上記の文で、be houndedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "be hounded" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎にbe houndedは掲載されてませんが、houndはあります。


1. ～を猟犬で狩る
2. ～を追跡する、しつこく追い掛ける

Be houndedは、２つ目の役から、「しつこく（執拗に）追い掛けられる」

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary :

To be pursued, chased, badgered, or pestered (by someone or something), especially persistently or relentlessly.

Examples

• The president was hounded by the media about the country's involvement in the foreign war.
• I'm sick of being hounded by you to finish this assignment.
• Anarchists were hounded and their organisations wiped out in the early twentieth century.
• He is a man who has left teaching, having been hounded out after unfair allegations of impropriety with a male pupil.