Oppress

[ə'pres] or [ə'prɛs]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; 'The government oppresses political activists'.

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解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

(v. t.) To ravish; to violate.

(v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

(v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

珍妮特錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon.[2]. Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Burden, grind, weigh_down, persecute, aggrieve, maltreat, abuse, overbear,constrain

ANT:Encourage, support, patronize, assist, befriend

錄入:露西

解釋/意思:

v.t. to press against or upon: to use severely: to burden: to lie heavy upon: to constrain: to overpower: to treat unjustly: to load with heavy burdens.—n. Oppress′ion act of oppressing or treating unjustly or harshly: severity: cruelty: state of being oppressed: misery: hardship: injustice: dullness of spirits: (Shak.) pressure.—adj. Oppress′ive tending to oppress: overburdensome: treating with severity or injustice: heavy: overpowering: difficult to bear.—adv. Oppress′ively.—ns. Oppress′iveness; Oppress′or one who oppresses.

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