✊oppress (オプレス)

意味

To keep someone in subservience and hardship by unjust treatment.

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

意味の翻訳

厳しく不公平な権力を使って誰かを押さえつける；抑制する

kibishiku fukōhei na kenryoku o tsukatte dareka o osaetsukeru; yokusei suru

例文

The regime continued to oppress its citizens.

The dictator oppressed the people for decades.

独裁者は何十年も人々を抑圧した。

Dokusai-sha wa nanjū-nen mo hitobito o yokuatsu shita.

表現例

oppress the poor

同義語

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize, dominate

エントリー 1

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize

エントリー 2

suppress, subjugate, persecute, dominate

対義語

liberate, free, emancipate, empower, support

エントリー 1

liberate, free, emancipate

エントリー 2

liberate, free, empower, support

コロケーション

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

エントリー 1

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

エントリー 2

oppress people, oppress minorities, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress