oppression

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈpɹɛʃən/    美 /əˈpɹɛʃən/|/əˈpɹeʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. countable,uncountable
    — Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
  2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. countable,uncountable
    — Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato.
  3. A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude. countable,uncountable
    — Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.

词形变化

oppressions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antioppression downpression nonoppression oppressional oppressionist Oppression Olympics silence is oppression triple oppression
相关词
oppress

词源

From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress.
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