burn someone at the stake

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To execute (someone) by tying them to a post and setting a fire beneath them. historical
    — Another Spaniard who became a Lutheran, Miguel Servet, actually published a book in which he rejected many Catholic ideas. Servet was smart enough to leave the country before the agents of the Inquisition could find and arrest him. In an ironic twist, however, he also angered members of another emerging Protestant sect, Calvinism, and in 1553 some Calvinists burned him at the stake in Geneva, Switzerland.
  2. To criticize (someone) publicly and vehemently; to cancel (someone). figuratively
    — We mistakenly believe there is only one right answer or belief system (or one wrong problem); we've become addicted to the dopamine hits of “likes” and others' agreement with our ideas; and we've returned to “burning people at the stake” online if we don’t agree with their beliefs.

词形变化

burns someone at the stake present,singular,third-person burning someone at the stake participle,present burned someone at the stake participle,past burned someone at the stake past burnt someone at the stake participle,past burnt someone at the stake past
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