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oppression n.压抑；压迫；沉闷 (1) 低矮的屋顶给我一种压抑的感觉。(2) 他们受压迫而不屈服。(3) 他们遭受压迫与榨取的痛苦。 “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.

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英 [ə'preʃn] 美 [ə'preʃn] (1) The low ceiling of the room gave me a feeling of oppression.(2) They did not crouch under the oppression.(3) They were aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Oppression is when a person or group in a position of power controls the less powerful in cruel and unfair ways. Not cool. 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	英 [ə'preʃn] 美 [ə'preʃn]
中文释义	n.压抑；压迫；沉闷
英语例句	(1) The low ceiling of the room gave me a feeling of oppression. (2) They did not crouch under the oppression. (3) They were aggrieved by oppression and extortion.
中文例句	(1) 低矮的屋顶给我一种压抑的感觉。 (2) 他们受压迫而不屈服。 (3) 他们遭受压迫与榨取的痛苦。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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

Oppression Group Powerful Cruel Unfair Hands 英 ə'Preʃn] 美