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单词 oppress
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oppressoppress /əˈpres/ verb (formal) oppress (formal)
if people with power oppress other people, they treat them badly or do not let them do what they want. Oppress sounds fairly formal or literary:
  • The plantation owners oppressed their slaves, often separating families or treating them cruelly.
  • persecute
    to treat someone cruelly and unfairly because of his or her ideas:
  • People of all religions have come to the U.S. because they were persecuted in their own countries.
  • keep down
    keep down means the same as oppress but sounds more informal:
  • The land owners kept slaves down by refusing to give them an education.
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