oppress

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əˈpres]
• 美式音标 [əˈprɛs]
• 国际音标 [ə'pres]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vt.使烦恼，使意气消沉，使气馁，使无精神
• v.虐待，欺侮

词根记忆

• op(反) + press(压)→有压迫就有反抗→压迫，压制

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  oppressive：压迫的；沉重的；压制性的；难以忍受的。

• adv性质的同根词

  oppressively：压迫地；沉重地。

• n性质的同根词

  oppression：压抑；镇压；压迫手段；沉闷；苦恼。

  oppressor：压制者，压迫者。

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• oppress的基本意思是对某人〔某事物〕施加压力,使在此压力下下沉。指遭受摧残,使受折磨或遭受重罚,强调因承受所强加的负担而产生了不良后果,如情绪低落、功能降低等。
• oppress是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

• oppress使用方法
• oppress详细辨析

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Many troubles oppressed my father.
  我父亲因各种困扰而意志消沉。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• oppress the conquered people 压迫被征服的民族
• oppress the poor 压迫穷人
• oppress sb 's spirits 使某人精神沮丧

～+副词

• oppress cruelly 残忍地压迫;迫害
• oppress rigidly 顽固地压制
• oppress ruthlessly 无情地压迫

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (RULE) to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom
• (MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE) to make a person feel uncomfortable or worried, and sometimes ill

柯林斯英英字典

• To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.

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专业释义

文学

• 压抑

  Under his description, the modern industrial society is so ugly and unhealthy, Christian morals firmly control people's spirit and oppress instincts.
  他笔下的工业社会丑陋而扭曲,基督教道德缓慢而牢固地控制人的内心,压抑美好的本能。

  物理学

• 压迫