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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
oppressing — present participle of oppress
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压迫；压制
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
The dictator oppressed his people.
独裁者压迫他的人民。
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.
oppress
Base
原形
oppresses
3rd person
第三人称单数
oppressing
-ing
现在分词
oppressed
Past
过去式
oppressed
Past participle
过去分词
The dictator oppresses his people.
独裁者压迫他的人民。
The regime oppressed minorities.
该政权压迫少数群体。
The government is oppressing the protesters.
政府正在压迫抗议者。
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。
She felt oppressed by the constant criticism at work.
她因工作中不断的批评而感到压抑。
The heavy workload oppressed him, leaving him exhausted.
繁重的工作使他烦恼，令他疲惫不堪。
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。
Not this
The government suppressed the people.
Use this
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。
Not this
The bad news oppressed me.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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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记法：oppress 里有 press（按压），想象一只大脚把人踩在底下——压迫；心情也被压得低沉，就是压抑。
语域：formal 常见场景：political discourse、historical writing、social commentary 用于“压迫、压制”义项时，该词通常用于正式或严肃的语境，多出现在政治、历史或社会问题讨论中，比较常见于书面语。
及物动词，后接宾语
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