Word · Frequency #14569
oppressing
压迫；压制
oppressing is the present participle of oppress.
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
- 1.
To keep down by unjust force.
以不义之力压制。
- 2.
To make sad or gloomy.
使悲伤或忧郁。
使烦恼；压抑；以不义之力压制。；使悲伤或忧郁。；压迫；压抑
In use
The dictator oppressed the people for decades.
She felt oppressed by the constant criticism at work.
The heavy workload oppressed him, leaving him exhausted.
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。
be oppressed by sb/sth
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。
oppress sb with sth
with后接压迫的手段或方式。
He oppressed his workers with excessive demands.
Connections
Collocations
- systematically oppress
- 系统性压迫
- The government systematically oppressed its critics.政府系统性地压迫其批评者。
- oppress the weak
- 压迫弱者
- It is wrong to oppress the weak.压迫弱者是不对的。
- feel oppressed
- 感到压抑
- She felt oppressed by the gloomy weather.阴沉的天气让她感到压抑。
- be oppressed by heat
- 因炎热而难受
- The tourists were oppressed by the heat.游客们因炎热而感到难受。
Pop culture & quotes
- Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
- 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.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with oppress, sharing the stressed ending /pres/ and the spelling "press". Beware lookalikes such as "profess" /prəˈfes/ and "possess" /pəˈzes/, which end in -ss but have different vowel/consonant sounds, and "oppose" /əˈpəʊz/, which sounds /-əʊz/ not /-pres/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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