oppress 音标拼音: [əpr'ɛs]
vt . 压迫,压抑
压迫,压抑
oppress v 1 :
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one '
s authority ;
"
The government oppresses political activists " [
synonym :
{
oppress }, {
suppress }, {
crush }]
2 :
cause to suffer ; "
Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union " [
synonym : {
persecute }, {
oppress }]
Oppress \
Op *
press "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Oppressed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Oppressing }.] [
F .
oppresser ,
LL .
oppressare ,
fr .
L .
oppressus ,
p .
p .
of opprimere ;
ob (
see {
Ob -})
premere to press .
See {
Press }.]
1 .
To impose excessive burdens upon ;
to overload ;
hence ,
to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty . --
Wyclif .
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For thee ,
oppress [`
e ]
d king ,
am I cast down . --
Shak .
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Behold the kings of the earth ;
how they oppress Thy chosen ! --
Milton .
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2 .
To ravish ;
to violate . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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3 .
To put down ;
to crush out ;
to suppress . [
Obs .]
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The mutiny he there hastes to oppress . --
Shak .
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4 .
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 .
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "
oppress ":
abuse ,
addict ,
afflict ,
aggrieve ,
anguish ,
bear hard upon ,
beat down ,
beset ,
break ,
break down ,
bring to tears ,
browbeat ,
bulldoze ,
bully ,
burden ,
burthen ,
busy ,
cast down ,
castrate ,
charge ,
clamp down on ,
coerce ,
compel ,
conquer ,
cow ,
crush ,
crush one ,
cumber ,
cut up ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dampen the spirits ,
darken ,
dash ,
daunt ,
deject ,
depress ,
desolate ,
despotize ,
discourage ,
dishearten ,
dispirit ,
distress ,
domineer ,
domineer over ,
draw tears ,
drive ,
embitter ,
encumber ,
enslave ,
exhaust ,
fag ,
freight ,
go hard with ,
go ill with ,
grieve ,
grind ,
grind down ,
hamper ,
handicap ,
harass ,
harry ,
haunt ,
haunt the memory ,
henpeck ,
hound ,
hunt ,
intimidate ,
inundate ,
keep busy ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
knock down ,
lade ,
lie on ,
load ,
lord it over ,
lower ,
lower the spirits ,
maltreat ,
molest ,
obsess ,
outrage ,
overawe ,
overbear ,
overburden ,
overcome ,
overdrive ,
overload ,
overmaster ,
overpower ,
override ,
overtask ,
overtax ,
overthrow ,
overweight ,
overwhelm ,
overwork ,
persecute ,
press ,
press down ,
press hard upon ,
press heavy on ,
pressure ,
prey on ,
prostrate ,
pursue ,
put down ,
repress ,
rest hard upon ,
ride over ,
ride roughshod over ,
sadden ,
saddle ,
sink ,
sorrow ,
subdue ,
subjugate ,
suppress ,
sweat ,
task ,
tax ,
terrorize ,
tire ,
torment ,
torture ,
trample down ,
trample underfoot ,
trample upon ,
tread down ,
tread upon ,
trouble ,
try one ,
tyrannize ,
tyrannize over ,
unman ,
victimize ,
walk all over ,
walk over ,
wear down ,
wear out ,
wear upon one ,
weary ,
weigh down ,
weigh heavy on ,
weigh heavy upon ,
weigh on ,
weigh upon ,
weight down ,
work
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