Oppress
[ ə'prɛs ]
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vt. 使烦恼，使意气消沉，使气馁，使无精神;压迫，压制;
v. 虐待，欺侮;〈古〉压倒;给与沉重的感觉;
💡 词根助记
op加强动作+press挤压→拼命压→压迫，虐待
📝 例句
To place in trying or distressing circumstances;harass or oppress.
使处于困境使处于艰难或痛苦的境地；使苦恼或痛苦
She was oppressed by many troubles.
许多麻烦弄得她心情沉重。
oppress the minority
压迫少数派
The tyrant who oppressed the people was finally overthrown.
压迫人民的暴君终于被推翻了。
To weigh down excessively;overburden or oppress.
给…太多的分量以过重的份量将…压倒；使负担过重或压迫、使感沉重
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ op-拼音“欧婆”,press-压力:邻居欧婆压力很大所以很压抑
※ op-拼音“藕片”,press-压力:对藕片施加压力就意味着压迫
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
ob-在p前变为op-
表示“相反”
📖 牛津释义
oppress
v[Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
1 rule or treat (sb) with continual injustice or cruelty 压迫, 压制（某人）
The people are oppressed by the military goverment. 人民受军政府的压迫.
Women are often oppressed by men. 女人经常受男人压迫.
2 make (sb) feel worried, uncomfortable or unhappy 使（某人）担心、 烦恼或不幸
oppressed with anxiety, worry, poverty, etc 因焦虑、 忧虑、 贫穷等而烦恼
The heat oppressed him and made him ill. 他热得病了.
🎯 考研助记
op(to)+press(按):反复去按去压- 压迫
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'pres]vt. 压迫, 压抑, 使烦恼
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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Your duties include checking the post and distributing it.
你的职责是检查和发送邮件。
Why are you talking so far?
你为什么说得这样快？
Shortly after this the famous H. M. S. Challenger expedition established the study of the sea-floor as a subject worthy of the most qualified physicists and geologists.
此后不久，英国著名的“挑战者”号舰艇对海底的那次考察，把对海床的研究确立为一个值得一流物理学家和地质学家从事的研究课题。