| 单词 | oppress |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ə'pres] |
| 解释 | v.压迫，压制 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 压迫，压制 ( rule in a hard and cruel way) 【记】 op+press(压)→压下 去→压迫 【同】 同根词：depress(降 低，抑制); impressive(影像深刻 的) |
| 字源 | oppress (v.) mid-14c., from Old French opresser "oppress, afflict; torment, smother" (13c.), from Medieval Latin oppressare, frequentative of Latin opprimere "press against, press together, press down;" figuratively "crush, put down, subdue, prosecute relentlessly" (in Late Latin "to rape"), from ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, push" (see press (v.1)). It is the due [external] restraint and not the moderation of rulers that constitutes a state of liberty; as the power to oppress, though never exercised, does a state of slavery. [St. George Tucker, "View of the Constitution of the United States," 1803] Related: Oppressed; oppressing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 压迫, 压制 【记】op, press(压)一压下去, 压迫 【参】depress(降低, 抑制); impressive(影像深刻的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】op 不好的 + press 压→压迫 【相关】compress 压缩，depress 使沮丧, 压下, express 急速的,快车,快递,impress 印, 留下印象，oppress压迫，repress 压制，suppress 镇压 |
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