oppress sb/sth
直接宾语可以是人或群体。
The dictator oppressed his people.
独裁者压迫他的人民。
压迫；压制
oppressed — past of oppress
使烦恼；压抑；以不义之力压制。；使悲伤或忧郁。；压抑
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
常指政治或社会上的不公正对待
以不义之力压制。
To keep down by unjust force.
使悲伤或忧郁。
To make sad or gloomy.
一般现在时
The dictator oppresses his people.
独裁者压迫他的人民。
一般过去时
The regime oppressed minorities.
该政权压迫少数群体。
现在进行时
The government is oppressing the protesters.
政府正在压迫抗议者。
现在完成时
They have oppressed the poor for decades.
他们压迫穷人已有数十年。
及物动词，后直接接宾语。
The dictator oppressed the people for decades.
这个独裁者压迫人民数十年。
用法提示：动词oppressed表示‘压迫’，后接宾语the people。
She felt oppressed by the constant criticism at work.
她因工作中不断的批评而感到压抑。
用法提示：形容词化的过去分词oppressed表示‘压抑的’，用于描述感受。
The heavy workload oppressed him, leaving him exhausted.
繁重的工作使他烦恼，令他疲惫不堪。
用法提示：动词oppressed表示‘使烦恼’，后接宾语him。
直接宾语可以是人或群体。
The dictator oppressed his people.
独裁者压迫他的人民。
被动形式强调受压迫者。
The minority group was oppressed by the majority.
少数群体受到多数群体的压迫。
with后接压迫的手段或方式。
He oppressed his workers with excessive demands.
他用过高的要求压迫他的工人。
suppress 强调凭借强力或权威制止反抗或公开活动，也可用于抑制情绪，适用面比 oppress 广。
crush 语气较重，指用猛烈力量彻底摧毁反抗，常带强力压制的意味；也可指物理上的压碎。
subjugate 为正式用词，强调以武力或强势将对方完全控制、剥夺其自由，常用于国家或民族。
tyrannize 特指统治者或掌权者以专横、不公的方式统治他人，比 oppress 更强调暴虐和独裁。
persecute 常指因种族、宗教或政治信仰等对特定群体或个人进行持续的不公正对待，与 oppress 相比更强调对象身份。
grammar · medium
易错句子The government suppressed the people.
正确表达The government oppressed the people.
“suppress”指压制（如暴动、情绪），而“oppress”指以不公正权力压迫（人）。汉语“压迫”与“压制”有重叠，但英语中oppress对象常为人，suppress对象常为行为或情感。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bad news oppressed me.
正确表达The bad news depressed me.
“oppress”强调不公正的压制或压抑（如制度压迫），而“depress”指使人情绪低落、沮丧。汉语“压抑”可对应oppress或depress，但具体语境不同。
对应“压迫”的第一义“以不义武力压制”；liberate 强调解除控制，如解放国家或人民。
对应“压迫”的“压制”义；free 指使摆脱束缚或控制。
对应“压迫”的“使烦恼/压抑”义；cheer 指使心情愉快，但一般不用于解除制度性压迫。
oppress 强调以不公正的权力压迫；suppress 常指以武力强行镇压或抑制（如情绪、信息）。
oppress 指外部压迫；repress 常指内心压抑情感或欲望。
系统性压迫
The government systematically oppressed its critics.
政府系统性地压迫其批评者。
压迫弱者
It is wrong to oppress the weak.
压迫弱者是不对的。
感到压抑
She felt oppressed by the gloomy weather.
阴沉的天气让她感到压抑。
因炎热而难受
The tourists were oppressed by the heat.
游客们因炎热而感到难受。
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op- (朝向/对抗) + press (压)
指通过独裁政权进行压迫的政治背景。
常为受压迫的对象，与压迫行为密切相关。
指对压迫的反抗行动。
反抗压迫后追求的目标。
压迫行为通常侵犯基本人权。
自由从来不是压迫者自愿给予的；它必须由被压迫者去争取。
This famous line from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' uses 'oppressed' to describe people kept down by unjust force and is a key statement on civil rights and resistance to injustice.
这句名言出自马丁·路德·金1963年《伯明翰监狱来信》，用 oppressed（被压迫者）指遭不义力量压制的人，是民权运动与反抗不公的重要表述。
……一句话，压迫者和被压迫者，始终处于相互对立的状态……
From the opening of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848), this phrase highlights the class struggle between those in power and those kept down by force.
此句出自马克思和恩格斯《共产党宣言》（1848年）开篇，强调统治者与被暴力压制者之间的阶级斗争。
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