oppress
oppress 英 [əˈpres] 美 [əˈprɛs]
vt. 压迫，压抑
进行时:oppressing 过去式:oppressed 过去分词:oppressed 第三人称单数:oppresses
- When you oppress someone, you use your authority to keep them down. If you oppress people long enough, they might decide to fight back and then decide to oppress YOU.
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- vt. 压迫，压抑
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1. The regime is accused of oppressing religious minorities.
人们指控这个政权压迫少数宗教群体。
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2. The gloomy atmosphere in the office oppressed her.
办公室的低沉气氛使她感到郁闷。
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3. victims of oppression
受压迫者
- 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 assimilated form of ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress" (from PIE root *per- (4) "to strike"). Related: Oppressed; oppressing.
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