Front | oppress |
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Pron | [ə'pres] |
Back | 【OPPRESS】 A good government will not oppress the people. 好的政府不会压迫人民。 【重点词汇】 oppress v. 压迫 |
Vocab | oppresscome down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
When you oppress someone, you use your authority to keep them down. If you oppress people long enough, they might decide to fight back and then decide to oppress YOU. There is a saying that "power corrupts," meaning that once someone gains power, they tend to misuse it in self-serving or brutal ways. Tyrants tend to oppress those beneath them, by limiting their rights. In the fairy tale Rapunzel, the evil old woman tried to oppress Rapunzel by keeping her locked in a tower. Another use of oppress means to cause to suffer. If the ninety degree heat outside will oppress you, you should stay inside in the air conditioning. All forms of 'oppress' will appear on average once every 170 pages. oppress oppressed oppression oppressive oppressor oppressively oppressiveness |
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