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oppress

美音:[əp´res ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.压迫,压抑

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oppress为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:oppressor 动词过去式:oppressed 过去分词:oppressed 现在分词:oppressing 第三人称单数:oppresses

词根

press=to press(压)

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oppress


/ə'pres; ə`prɛs/
v [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态]
1 rule or treat (sb) with continual injustice or cruelty 压迫, 压制(某人)
*The people are oppressed by the military goverment. 人民受军政府的压迫.
* Women are often oppressed by men. 女人经常受男人压迫.
2 make (sb) feel worried, uncomfortable or unhappy 使(某人)担心、烦恼或不幸
*oppressed with anxiety, worry, poverty, etc 因焦虑、忧虑、贫穷等而烦恼
* The heat oppressed him and made him ill. 他热得病了.

oppress


v [T often passive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere 'to press against']
to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights that other people in society have
 native tribes oppressed by the authorities
to make someone feel unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable
 The gloom in the chapel oppressed her.