oppress

op·press

O0099000 (ə-prĕs′)tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny.2. To cause to feel worried or depressed: "People were at a loss ... oppressed by the atmosphere of the dead man's room" (Ward Just).3. Obsolete To overwhelm or crush.

[Middle English oppressen, from Old French opresser, back-formation from oppression, oppression, from Latin oppressiō, oppressiōn-, from oppressus, past participle of opprimere, to press against : ob-, against; see ob- + premere, to press; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

op·pres′sor n.

oppress

(əˈprɛs) vb (tr) 1. to subjugate by cruelty, force, etc2. to afflict or torment3. to lie heavy on (the mind, imagination, etc)4. an obsolete word for overwhelm[C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin oppressāre, from Latin opprimere, from ob- against + premere to press] opˈpressingly adv opˈpressor n

op•press

(əˈprɛs)

v.t. 1. to govern or manage with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; exercise harsh authority or power over. 2. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.); weigh down. 3. Archaic. to put down; subdue or suppress. [1300–50; < Middle French oppresser < Medieval Latin oppressāre, derivative of Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere to squeeze, suffocate =op- op- + primere (comb. form of premere to press¹] op•press′i•ble, adj. op•pres′sor, n.

oppress

Past participle: oppressed
Gerund: oppressing

Imperative
oppress
oppress

Present
I oppress
you oppress
he/she/it oppresses
we oppress
you oppress
they oppress

Preterite
I oppressed
you oppressed
he/she/it oppressed
we oppressed
you oppressed
they oppressed

Present Continuous
I am oppressing
you are oppressing
he/she/it is oppressing
we are oppressing
you are oppressing
they are oppressing

Present Perfect
I have oppressed
you have oppressed
he/she/it has oppressed
we have oppressed
you have oppressed
they have oppressed

Past Continuous
I was oppressing
you were oppressing
he/she/it was oppressing
we were oppressing
you were oppressing
they were oppressing

Past Perfect
I had oppressed
you had oppressed
he/she/it had oppressed
we had oppressed
you had oppressed
they had oppressed

Future
I will oppress
you will oppress
he/she/it will oppress
we will oppress
you will oppress
they will oppress

Future Perfect
I will have oppressed
you will have oppressed
he/she/it will have oppressed
we will have oppressed
you will have oppressed
they will have oppressed

Future Continuous
I will be oppressing
you will be oppressing
he/she/it will be oppressing
we will be oppressing
you will be oppressing
they will be oppressing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been oppressing
you have been oppressing
he/she/it has been oppressing
we have been oppressing
you have been oppressing
they have been oppressing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been oppressing
you will have been oppressing
he/she/it will have been oppressing
we will have been oppressing
you will have been oppressing
they will have been oppressing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been oppressing
you had been oppressing
he/she/it had been oppressing
we had been oppressing
you had been oppressing
they had been oppressing

Conditional
I would oppress
you would oppress
he/she/it would oppress
we would oppress
you would oppress
they would oppress

Past Conditional
I would have oppressed
you would have oppressed
he/she/it would have oppressed
we would have oppressed
you would have oppressed
they would have oppressed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	oppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"crush, suppressquash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
	2.	oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"persecutebedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"purge - oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"

oppress

verb1. subjugate, abuse, suppress, wrong, master, overcome, crush, overwhelm, put down, subdue, overpower, persecute, rule over, enslave, maltreat, hold sway over, trample underfoot, bring someone to heel, tyrannize over, rule with an iron hand, bring someone under the yoke Men still oppress women both physically and socially.
subjugate free, release, deliver, loose, liberate, set free, emancipate2. depress, burden, discourage, torment, daunt, harass, afflict, sadden, vex, weigh down, dishearten, cast someone down, dispirit, take the heart out of, deject, lie or weigh heavy upon, make someone despondent The atmosphere in the room oppressed her.

oppress

verb1. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly:aggrieve, outrage, persecute, wrong.2. To make sad or gloomy:deject, depress, dispirit, sadden, weigh down.

Translations

使烦恼压迫

oppress

(əˈpres) verb1. to govern cruelly. The king oppressed his people.压迫2. to worry or depress. The thought of leaving her oppressed me.使烦恼opˈpression (-ʃən) nounAfter five years of oppression, the peasants revolted.压迫opˈpressive (-siv) adjective oppressing; cruel; hard to bear. oppressive laws.暴虐的opˈpressively adverb暴虐地opˈpressiveness noun暴虐opˈpressor noun a ruler who oppresses his people; a tyrant. 压迫者

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verb subjugate

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verb depress

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verb to do a wrong to; treat unjustly

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verb to make sad or gloomy

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verb come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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verb cause to suffer

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