oppress
英 [?'pres]
美[?'pr?s]
- vt. 壓迫,壓抑;使……煩惱;使……感到沉重
英英釋意
- 1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
- "The government oppresses political activists"
- 2. cause to suffer;
- "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"