oppress
vt. 压迫，压抑；使……烦恼；使……感到沉重
vt.
使烦恼，使意气消沉，使气馁，使无精神；压迫，压制；
v.
虐待，欺侮；〈古〉压倒；给与沉重的感觉；
变形
过去式：oppressed过去分词：oppressed现在分词：oppressing第三人称单数：oppresses
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. 使烦恼 make (sb) feel uncomfortable, worried or unhappy
vt. 压迫,压制 rule or treat sb with continual injustice or cruelty
英英释义
oppress[ ə'pres ]
v.
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
"The government oppresses political activists"
同义词：suppresscrush
cause to suffer
同义词：persecute
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
oppress the conquered people压迫被征服的民族
oppress the poor压迫穷人
oppress sb's spirits使某人精神沮丧
～+副词
oppress cruelly残忍地压迫
oppress rigidly顽固地压制
oppress ruthlessly无情地压迫
oppress sorely非常烦扰
oppress sternly苛刻地压制
～+介词
be oppressed by worry因忧虑而烦扰
be oppressed with anxiety因焦虑而烦扰
be oppressed with poverty因贫困而烦扰
同近义词辨析
oppress, suppress这组词都有“压迫，镇压”的意思，其区别是：
oppress指用武力或权力等压迫、压制别人。
suppress通常指通过强力，迅速有力地制止某事，或用意志控制自己的感情。
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
Cares oppressed his spirits.
忧虑使他心情抑郁。
The king oppressed his people with terrible taxes and punishments.
国王以苛捐杂税和严刑来压迫人民。
Free governments do not oppress their people or attack other free nations.
自由政府不会压迫其人民或者攻击其他自由国家。
权威例句
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THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD IN A ZIMBABWEAN CONTEXT: TO LIBERATE OR TO OPPRESS?
oppress
oppress: see press
oppress (v.)
mid-14c., from Old French opresser "oppress, afflict; torment, smother" (13c.), from Medieval Latin oppressare, frequentative of Latin opprimere "press against, press together, press down;" figuratively "crush, put down, subdue, prosecute relentlessly" (in Late Latin "to rape"), from ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, push" (see press (v.1)).
It is the due [external] restraint and not the moderation of rulers that constitutes a state of liberty; as the power to oppress, though never exercised, does a state of slavery. [St. George Tucker, "View of the Constitution of the United States," 1803]
Related: Oppressed; oppressing.1. The imperialists exploit and oppress all the peoples of the world.
帝国主义者剥削和压迫全世界人民。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. This is a dream in which things are all loose and they oppress.
在梦中，一切事都散漫着，都压着我，但这不过是一个梦呀。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. oppress the minority
压迫少数派
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. No sooner had he arrived in Darien than he began to oppress and kill the Indians.
他一到达里安，就着手压迫，杀害印第安人。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. As Frances still expressed fears about the possibility of joining him once more, his loneliness began to oppress him.
弗朗西丝对于和他重新结合表示还有顾虑，这使他的寂寞变得难以忍受了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. To place in trying or distressing circumstances;harass or oppress.
使处于困境使处于艰难或痛苦的境地；使苦恼或痛苦
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. To weigh down excessively;overburden or oppress.
给…太多的分量以过重的份量将…压倒；使负担过重或压迫、使感沉重
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. 5 [和合]耶和华啊!他们强压你的百姓，苦害你的产业。
NIV] They crush your people, O Lord; they oppress your inheritance.
-- 来源 -- bible.cccm.us
9. To weigh down;oppress.
重压；压抑
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
10. A good ruler will not oppress the poor.
好的统治者不会压迫贫民。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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