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oppression n.压迫,镇压,压抑,苦恼 “Power concedes nothing without a demand. I never did and it never will.” Those words came from Frederick Douglass, a former slave who devoted his life to ending the oppression of black people at the hands of powerful white slaveowners. The Latin root means “pressed against,” and oppression feels like hands pressing your head, keeping you down. Oppression can be widespread throughout a culture, or felt by a single individual, like enduring the sun’s oppression on a hot summer day. ★☆☆☆☆ 2013.6

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[ə'preʃ(ə)n] Oppression is when a person or group in a position of power controls the less powerful in cruel and unfair ways. Not cool. When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us give into a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we find ourselves in garden and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]压迫；压制 Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people.   [also N in pl]...an attempt to escape political oppression.企图逃避政治压迫的努力...the oppression of the 19th-century poor by the rich.19世纪富人对穷人的压迫

英语单词	oppression
英美音标	[ə'preʃ(ə)n]
中文释义	n.压迫,镇压,压抑,苦恼
vocab简明	Oppression is when a person or group in a position of power controls the less powerful in cruel and unfair ways. Not cool.
vocab扩展	“Power concedes nothing without a demand. I never did and it never will.” Those words came from Frederick Douglass, a former slave who devoted his life to ending the oppression of black people at the hands of powerful white slaveowners. The Latin root means “pressed against,” and oppression feels like hands pressing your head, keeping you down. Oppression can be widespread throughout a culture, or felt by a single individual, like enduring the sun’s oppression on a hot summer day.
真题原句	When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us give into a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we find ourselves in garden and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]压迫；压制 Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people. [also N in pl] ...an attempt to escape political oppression. 企图逃避政治压迫的努力 ...the oppression of the 19th-century poor by the rich. 19世纪富人对穷人的压迫
来源	2013.6

Oppression Group Powerful Cruel Unfair Hands ə'Preʃ(ə)N N.压迫,镇压,压抑,苦恼