Word · Frequency #20305
oppressor
压迫者；暴虐者
核心释义
a person who treats others cruelly or unfairly, especially by exercising power over them
- 1.
压迫他人的人。
Someone who oppresses another or others.
压迫他人的人。；压迫者；压制者；[法] 压迫者；压制者；强迫者
用法In use
The cruel boss was an oppressor who never listened to his employees' concerns.
用法提示：这里“oppressor”作为可数名词，指代具体的人，即那个老板。
In the novel, the protagonist fights against an oppressive regime and its oppressor.
用法提示：“oppressor”作为可数名词，指代政权中的具体人物或团体。
History remembers him as an oppressor who denied basic rights to his people.
用法提示：“oppressor”作为可数名词，指代历史人物，带不定冠词。
oppressors of [group]
oppressor 是可数名词，常用复数泛指一类人；of 后接受压迫的对象。
The invaders were oppressors of the local people.
入侵者是当地人民的压迫者。
become an oppressor
表示“变成压迫者”时用 become；若仅说明身份可用 be an oppressor。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- oppressor of the poor
- 穷人的压迫者
- The regime was known as an oppressor of the poor.该政权被视为穷人的压迫者。
- colonial oppressors
- 殖民压迫者
- The islanders finally threw off their colonial oppressors.岛民终于摆脱了他们的殖民压迫者。
- ruthless oppressor
- 残酷无情的压迫者
- History remembers him as a ruthless oppressor.历史将他铭记为残酷无情的压迫者。
- overthrow an oppressor
- 推翻压迫者
- The people united to overthrow their oppressor.人民团结起来推翻他们的压迫者。
- fight against oppressors
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想记忆：oppressor = op+press+or，press是“按压”，-or是“人”，即按压别人的人=压迫者。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political commentary、historical accounts、literary works 通常用于正式或严肃的语境，如政治评论、历史叙述和文学作品中；日常口语中不太常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常与of连用表示'...的压迫者'
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -ssor and rhyme with oppressor (non-rhotic /əˈpresə/): they share the stressed vowel /e/ and the ending /sə/. In American English, add a final /r/, e.g., professor /prəˈfesər/. Beware lookalikes that sound different: pressure /ˈpreʃə/ and the verb oppress /əˈpres/.
一起学习词形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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