英语词汇“oppression”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

op·pres·sion

(ə-prĕshən)

a. The action of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power: a system of oppression.

b. The state of being oppressed: caught in the oppression of poverty.

2. A feeling of being weighed down in mind or body: "Every time I entered my house, an oppression settled on me so heavy that I had to stand for minutes at a time in the doorway, gathering what strength I could find" (Erin McGraw). "One has ... to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression" (J.R.R. Tolkien).

单词	oppression
释义	op·pres·sion (ə-prĕshən) n. 1. a. The action of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power: a system of oppression. b. The state of being oppressed: caught in the oppression of poverty. 2. A feeling of being weighed down in mind or body: "Every time I entered my house, an oppression settled on me so heavy that I had to stand for minutes at a time in the doorway, gathering what strength I could find" (Erin McGraw). "One has ... to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
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