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

单词	oppress
释义	oppress —oppressible, adj. —oppressor, n. /euh pres"/, v.t. 1. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. 2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them. 3. to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does. 4. Archaic. to put down; subdue or suppress. 5. Archaic. to press upon or against; crush. [1300-50; ME oppressen < MF oppresser < ML oppressare, deriv. of L oppressus ptp. of opprimere to squeeze, suffocate, equiv. to op- OP- + -primere (comb. form of premere) to PRESS¹] Syn. 1, 2. OPPRESS, DEPRESS, both having the literal meaning to press down upon, to cause to sink, are today mainly limited to figurative applications. To OPPRESS is usually to subject (a people) to burdens, to undue exercise of authority, and the like; its chief application, therefore, is to a social or political situation: a tyrant oppressing his subjects. DEPRESS suggests mainly the psychological effect, upon the individual, of unpleasant conditions, situations, etc., that sadden and discourage: depressed by the news. When OPPRESS is sometimes used in this sense, it suggests a psychological attitude of more complete hopelessness: oppressed by a sense of failure. 1. maltreat, persecute. Ant. 2. uphold, encourage.
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