| 单词 | oppress |
| 释义 | oppress (once / 170 pages) v When you oppress someone, you use your authority to keep them down. If you oppress people long enough, they might decide to fight back and then decide to oppress YOU. There is a saying that "power corrupts," meaning that once someone gains power, they tend to misuse it in self-serving or brutal ways. Tyrants tend to oppress those beneath them, by limiting their rights. In the fairy tale Rapunzel, the evil old woman tried to oppress Rapunzel by keeping her locked in a tower. Another use of oppress means to cause to suffer. If the ninety degree heat outside will oppress you, you should stay inside in the air conditioning. WORD FAMILYoppress: oppressed, oppresses, oppressing, oppression, oppressive, oppressor+/oppression: oppressions/oppressive: oppressively, oppressiveness/oppressor: oppressors USAGE EXAMPLESBut this only works if your identity actually is oppressed. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) And it was aligned with oppressed people around the world, rather than demonizing them. Salon(Dec 11, 2016) Nusrat never refused care to anyone who needed it, including those who would oppress her people. Time(Dec 08, 2016) 1v come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority The government oppresses political activists Syn|Hypo crush, suppress keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate put down by force or intimidation 2v cause to suffer Syn|Hypo|Hyper persecute purge oust politically bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment treat cruelly |
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