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1.VERB 动词 压迫;压制 To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.
【语法信息】:be V-ed
【语法信息】:V n
【语法信息】:Also V
These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in...这些人经常受到所在国政府的压迫。
We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us.我们跟其他正常人不一样。否则,他们就不会压迫我们了。
2.VERB 动词 使心情沉重;使压抑;使苦恼 If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable.
【语法信息】:V n
【STYLE标签】:LITERARY 文
The place oppressed Aubrey even before his eyes adjusted to the dark...奥布里的眼睛还没有适应黑暗之前,这地方便已经让他觉得很压抑了。
It was not just the weather which oppressed her.让她心烦的不只是天气。
--v.
1 burden, afflict, trouble, weigh down, overload, encumber,wear (down), press, weary, overburden, overwhelm, Britpressurize, US pressure: He was oppressed by the heavy burdenof responsibility.
2 crush, repress, put down, suppress,subjugate, tyrannize (over), subdue, overpower, enslave,persecute, maltreat, abuse, harry, harass, trample underfoot,ride roughshod over: The Russian serfs had been oppressed forcenturies before they finally rose up against tyranny.
verb RULE 统治 transitive often passive
to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom 压迫;压制;欺压 For years now, the people have been oppressed by a ruthless dictator. 多年来,人们一直身处残暴独裁者的压迫之下。verb MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE 使不舒服 transitive
to make a person feel uncomfortable or worried, and sometimes ill 使烦恼;使焦虑;使不适 Strange dreams and nightmares oppressed him. 怪梦和噩梦使他感到焦虑不安。