Definition of oppress in English:

oppress

verb əˈprɛsəˈprɛs

[with object]

1Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
压迫，虐待
a system which oppressed working people
压迫劳动人民的制度。
Example sentencesExamples
- There should be a natural affinity between them and other oppressed people of India.
- As a country's economy grows, more men gain the material strength to exploit and oppress women.
- So we're going to fight for you against the people who are oppressing you.
- He uses stealthy means to savagely oppress the common people.
- Pompeo agreed, and realized she needed to tell her story and let people know ‘what it's like to struggle on assistance, and how the government is oppressing people.’
- He has oppressed our people and caused great hardship for too long.
- Who protests that people aren't oppressed enough?
- He is a vicious dictator, brutally oppressing his own people.
- It argues that the modern world fosters institutions and ideas that exploit and oppress people and degrade and destroy the environment.
- A group of youngsters demonstrated with great vigour, what it meant to stand up against the power of a foreign power that continued to oppress the people of India.
- He speaks as the political representative of an imperialist nation which has brutally oppressed the people of the region for over a century.
- The fact of the matter is these ‘freedom fighters’ are oppressing their own people.
- Robin, isn't it a fact that oppressed people, when seeing freedom, will react in many ways we might not consider normal?
- And we are going to stand up for people around the world, oppressed people, who want us to stand up for them.
- It's also true that they have been oppressing their own people and conducting a campaign of abuse against women that justifies international intervention.
- So when I rail against the corporate capitalist system that oppresses workers, I'm speaking from my own experience.
- He was a threat to his neighbors, and he oppressed his own people, and the world is better with him gone.
- It's about a brutal dictator who's oppressing his own people.
- He can only hope such action is measured, effective and does not add to the misery of some of the world's poorest and most oppressed people.
- He declares support for the oppressed but hasn't grasped that the people he supports are oppressing people in their own countries and are now attacking the very democracy that he lives in.
Synonyms
persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, 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
informal walk all over
persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, tyrannized, subjugated, repressed, subdued, crushed, enslaved, exploited, victimized, misused
disadvantaged, underprivileged, ground down, browbeaten
1. 1.1 Cause distress or anxiety to.
  he was oppressed by some secret worry
  无法向人倾诉的忧虑使他心情沉重。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Animal spirits could be low, broken, oppressed, dejected, petulant, harassed or even ruffled beyond description.
  On the way, London's ancient, massive buildings, black statues and dirt surround me, oppress and burden me.
  I've gotten over being oppressed by it though and will carry on.
  Synonyms
  depress, make gloomy/despondent, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict
  archaic deject
2Heraldry
another term for debruise

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- 'pressed against', from the verb opprimere.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of oppress in US English:

oppress

verbəˈprɛsəˈpres

[with object]

1Keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
压迫，虐待
a system that oppressed working people
压迫劳动人民的制度。
Example sentencesExamples
- And we are going to stand up for people around the world, oppressed people, who want us to stand up for them.
- It's about a brutal dictator who's oppressing his own people.
- Robin, isn't it a fact that oppressed people, when seeing freedom, will react in many ways we might not consider normal?
- Who protests that people aren't oppressed enough?
- As a country's economy grows, more men gain the material strength to exploit and oppress women.
- He speaks as the political representative of an imperialist nation which has brutally oppressed the people of the region for over a century.
- He has oppressed our people and caused great hardship for too long.
- He was a threat to his neighbors, and he oppressed his own people, and the world is better with him gone.
- He declares support for the oppressed but hasn't grasped that the people he supports are oppressing people in their own countries and are now attacking the very democracy that he lives in.
- He uses stealthy means to savagely oppress the common people.
- It argues that the modern world fosters institutions and ideas that exploit and oppress people and degrade and destroy the environment.
- So when I rail against the corporate capitalist system that oppresses workers, I'm speaking from my own experience.
- The fact of the matter is these ‘freedom fighters’ are oppressing their own people.
- He can only hope such action is measured, effective and does not add to the misery of some of the world's poorest and most oppressed people.
- He is a vicious dictator, brutally oppressing his own people.
- So we're going to fight for you against the people who are oppressing you.
- There should be a natural affinity between them and other oppressed people of India.
- It's also true that they have been oppressing their own people and conducting a campaign of abuse against women that justifies international intervention.
- A group of youngsters demonstrated with great vigour, what it meant to stand up against the power of a foreign power that continued to oppress the people of India.
- Pompeo agreed, and realized she needed to tell her story and let people know ‘what it's like to struggle on assistance, and how the government is oppressing people.’
Synonyms
persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, be brutal to, be cruel to, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, hegemonize, subdue, subject, enslave
persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, tyrannized, subjugated, repressed, subdued, crushed, enslaved, exploited, victimized, misused
1. 1.1 Cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable.
  使郁闷，压抑
  he was oppressed by some secret worry
  无法向人倾诉的忧虑使他心情沉重。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've gotten over being oppressed by it though and will carry on.
  On the way, London's ancient, massive buildings, black statues and dirt surround me, oppress and burden me.
  Animal spirits could be low, broken, oppressed, dejected, petulant, harassed or even ruffled beyond description.
  Synonyms
  depress, make despondent, make gloomy, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere.

单词	oppress
释义	Definition of oppress in English: oppress verb əˈprɛsəˈprɛs [with object] 1Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority. 压迫，虐待 a system which oppressed working people 压迫劳动人民的制度。 Example sentencesExamples There should be a natural affinity between them and other oppressed people of India. As a country's economy grows, more men gain the material strength to exploit and oppress women. So we're going to fight for you against the people who are oppressing you. He uses stealthy means to savagely oppress the common people. Pompeo agreed, and realized she needed to tell her story and let people know ‘what it's like to struggle on assistance, and how the government is oppressing people.’ He has oppressed our people and caused great hardship for too long. Who protests that people aren't oppressed enough? He is a vicious dictator, brutally oppressing his own people. It argues that the modern world fosters institutions and ideas that exploit and oppress people and degrade and destroy the environment. A group of youngsters demonstrated with great vigour, what it meant to stand up against the power of a foreign power that continued to oppress the people of India. He speaks as the political representative of an imperialist nation which has brutally oppressed the people of the region for over a century. The fact of the matter is these ‘freedom fighters’ are oppressing their own people. Robin, isn't it a fact that oppressed people, when seeing freedom, will react in many ways we might not consider normal? And we are going to stand up for people around the world, oppressed people, who want us to stand up for them. It's also true that they have been oppressing their own people and conducting a campaign of abuse against women that justifies international intervention. So when I rail against the corporate capitalist system that oppresses workers, I'm speaking from my own experience. He was a threat to his neighbors, and he oppressed his own people, and the world is better with him gone. It's about a brutal dictator who's oppressing his own people. He can only hope such action is measured, effective and does not add to the misery of some of the world's poorest and most oppressed people. He declares support for the oppressed but hasn't grasped that the people he supports are oppressing people in their own countries and are now attacking the very democracy that he lives in. Synonyms persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, 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 informal walk all over persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, tyrannized, subjugated, repressed, subdued, crushed, enslaved, exploited, victimized, misused disadvantaged, underprivileged, ground down, browbeaten 1.1 Cause distress or anxiety to. he was oppressed by some secret worry 无法向人倾诉的忧虑使他心情沉重。 Example sentencesExamples Animal spirits could be low, broken, oppressed, dejected, petulant, harassed or even ruffled beyond description. On the way, London's ancient, massive buildings, black statues and dirt surround me, oppress and burden me. I've gotten over being oppressed by it though and will carry on. Synonyms depress, make gloomy/despondent, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict archaic deject 2Heraldry another term for debruise Origin Late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- 'pressed against', from the verb opprimere. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes Definition of oppress in US English: oppress verbəˈprɛsəˈpres [with object] 1Keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority. 压迫，虐待 a system that oppressed working people 压迫劳动人民的制度。 Example sentencesExamples And we are going to stand up for people around the world, oppressed people, who want us to stand up for them. It's about a brutal dictator who's oppressing his own people. Robin, isn't it a fact that oppressed people, when seeing freedom, will react in many ways we might not consider normal? Who protests that people aren't oppressed enough? As a country's economy grows, more men gain the material strength to exploit and oppress women. He speaks as the political representative of an imperialist nation which has brutally oppressed the people of the region for over a century. He has oppressed our people and caused great hardship for too long. He was a threat to his neighbors, and he oppressed his own people, and the world is better with him gone. He declares support for the oppressed but hasn't grasped that the people he supports are oppressing people in their own countries and are now attacking the very democracy that he lives in. He uses stealthy means to savagely oppress the common people. It argues that the modern world fosters institutions and ideas that exploit and oppress people and degrade and destroy the environment. So when I rail against the corporate capitalist system that oppresses workers, I'm speaking from my own experience. The fact of the matter is these ‘freedom fighters’ are oppressing their own people. He can only hope such action is measured, effective and does not add to the misery of some of the world's poorest and most oppressed people. He is a vicious dictator, brutally oppressing his own people. So we're going to fight for you against the people who are oppressing you. There should be a natural affinity between them and other oppressed people of India. It's also true that they have been oppressing their own people and conducting a campaign of abuse against women that justifies international intervention. A group of youngsters demonstrated with great vigour, what it meant to stand up against the power of a foreign power that continued to oppress the people of India. Pompeo agreed, and realized she needed to tell her story and let people know ‘what it's like to struggle on assistance, and how the government is oppressing people.’ Synonyms persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, treat harshly, be brutal to, be cruel to, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, hegemonize, subdue, subject, enslave persecuted, downtrodden, abused, maltreated, ill-treated, tyrannized, subjugated, repressed, subdued, crushed, enslaved, exploited, victimized, misused 1.1 Cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable. 使郁闷，压抑 he was oppressed by some secret worry 无法向人倾诉的忧虑使他心情沉重。 Example sentencesExamples I've gotten over being oppressed by it though and will carry on. On the way, London's ancient, massive buildings, black statues and dirt surround me, oppress and burden me. Animal spirits could be low, broken, oppressed, dejected, petulant, harassed or even ruffled beyond description. Synonyms depress, make despondent, make gloomy, weigh down, lie heavy on, weigh heavily on, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, hang over, prey on, burden, crush, dispirit, dishearten, discourage, sadden, make desolate, get down, bring down, trouble, afflict Origin Late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere.
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