oppress

• vt. 压迫，压抑；使……烦恼；使……感到沉重

op-,在上，表强调，press,压，按，逼迫。引申词义压制，压迫。

oppress

oppress: see press

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 ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, push" (see press (v.1)).

It is the due [external] restraint and not the moderation of rulers that constitutes a state of liberty; as the power to oppress, though never exercised, does a state of slavery. [St. George Tucker, "View of the Constitution of the United States," 1803]

Related: Oppressed; oppressing.

1. He states uncompromisingly that he is opposed to any practices which oppress animals.

他坚决声明反对任何虐待动物的行为。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The imperialists exploit and oppress all the peoples of the world.

帝国主义者剥削和压迫全世界人民.

来自辞典例句

3. A good ruler will not oppress the poor.

好的统治者不会压迫贫民.

来自辞典例句

4. This is a dream in which things are all loose and they oppress.

在梦中,一切事都散漫着,都压着我,但这不过是一个梦呀.

来自辞典例句

5. They crush your people, O LORD; they oppress your inheritance.

耶和华阿, 他们强压你的百姓, 苦害你的产业.

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