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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   oppress

   • IPA[əˈpres]

   美式

   • v.
     keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority；cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable

   • verb: oppress, 3rd person present: oppresses, gerund or present participle: oppressing, past tense: oppressed, past participle: oppressed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority a system that oppressed working people 同義詞 persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, ... 更多be brutal to, be cruel to, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, hegemonize, subdue, subject, enslave, scourge, exploit, hold down, keep down, grind down, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand, trample on, trample underfoot, bring someone to their knees, ride roughshod over, informalwalk all over
   • ▪ cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable he was oppressed by some secret worry 同義詞 depress, make gloomy/despondent, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, ... 更多cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict, archaicdeject