| 词汇 | make a martyr of someone |
| 释义 | Idiom make a martyr of someonemake a martyr of (someone) to treat someone badly with the result that other people feel sympathy for them.The government knows that if they stop him standing in the elections they will make a martyr of him from the point of view of the international community. make a martyr of (one)To make one on the opposing side of an issue suffer for their position, only for that suffering to cause other people to sympathize with the victim, thus strengthening their cause. The British government's biggest mistake in dealing with the Irish revolutionaries was to execute the leaders of the 1916 uprising. By making martyrs of them, the government unified the Irish people in a position of revolt. |
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