✊oppress (opress)

Bedeutung

To keep someone in subservience and hardship by unjust treatment.

to keep someone down by harsh and unfair use of authority; to suppress

Bedeutungsübersetzung

Jemanden durch ungerechte Behandlung in Unterwerfung und Leid halten.

Jemanden durch ungerechte Behandlung in Unterwerfung und Leid halten.

Beispielsätze

The regime continued to oppress its citizens.

Das Regime setzte seine Unterdrückung der Bürger fort.

Das Regime setzte seine Unterdrückung der Bürger fort.

The dictator oppressed the people for decades.

Der Diktator unterdrückte das Volk über Jahrzehnten.

Der Diktator unterdrückte das Volk über Jahrzehnten.

Beispielausdrücke

oppress the poor

die Armen unterdrücken

die Armen unterdrücken

Synonyme

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize, dominate

Eintrag 1

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize

Eintrag 2

suppress, subjugate, persecute, dominate

Antonyme

liberate, free, emancipate, empower, support

Eintrag 1

liberate, free, emancipate

Eintrag 2

liberate, free, empower, support

Kollokationen

oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress

Eintrag 1

oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people

Eintrag 2

oppress people, oppress minorities, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress