oppress (опресс)

verb
/əˈprɛs/
угнетать (ugnetat)

Значение

To keep someone in subservience and hardship by unjust treatment.
to keep someone down by harsh and unfair use of authority; to suppress
Перевод значения
удерживать кого-то под жестким и несправедливым использованием власти; подавлять
uderzhivat' kogo-to pod zhestkim i nespravedlivym ispol'zovaniem vlasti; podavlyat'

Примеры предложений

The regime continued to oppress its citizens.

The dictator oppressed the people for decades.

Диктатор угнетал народ на протяжении десятилетий.
Diktator ugnetal narod na protyazhenii desyatiletii.

Примеры выражений

oppress the poor

Синонимы

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize, dominate
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persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize
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suppress, subjugate, persecute, dominate

Антонимы

liberate, free, emancipate, empower, support
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liberate, free, emancipate
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liberate, free, empower, support

Коллокации

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

Похожие слова

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To take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
to achieve or reach something
To disturb the normal position of something, especially a joint in the body.

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