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

oppressoppress /əˈprɛs/ verb [transitive often passive]

ETYMOLOGYoppress

Origin: 1300-1400 French oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere to press against

VERB TABLE

oppress

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	oppress
	he, she, it	oppresses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	oppressed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have oppressed
	he, she, it	has oppressed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had oppressed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will oppress
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have oppressed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am oppressing
	he, she, it	is oppressing
	you, we, they	are oppressing
Past	I, he, she, it	was oppressing
	you, we, they	were oppressing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been oppressing
	he, she, it	has been oppressing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been oppressing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be oppressing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been oppressing

1to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights and opportunities as other people: The colonists oppressed the native peoples for centuries.2written to make someone feel unhappy by restricting his or her freedom in some way: The loneliness of her little apartment oppressed her.