oppress
US: /əˈpɹɛs/
UK: /əpɹˈɛs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
oppress /ə'pres/- ngoại động từ
- đè bẹp, đè nặng
- đàn áp, áp bức
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN] (written)1 to treat sb in a cruel and unfair way, especially by not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people: The regime is accused of oppressing religious minorities.
2 to make sb only able to think about sad or worrying things: The gloomy atmosphere in the office oppressed her.
oppression noun [U]: victims of oppression
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 burden, afflict, trouble, weigh down, overload, encumber, wear (down), press, weary, overburden, overwhelm, Brit pressurize, US pressure:
He was oppressed by the heavy burden of responsibility.
2 crush, repress, put down, suppress, subjugate, tyrannize (over), subdue, overpower, enslave, persecute, maltreat, abuse, harry, harass, trample underfoot, ride roughshod over:
The Russian serfs had been oppressed for centuries before they finally rose up against tyranny.
Concise dictionary
oppresses|oppressed|oppressingə'presverb
+come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
+cause to suffer
