oppressing
present participle ofoppress
| 单词 | oppressing |
| 释义 | oppressing present participle ofoppress oppress verb uk/əˈpres/us/əˈpres/oppressverb(RULE)[Toften passive] togovernpeoplein anunfairandcruelway andpreventthem from havingopportunitiesandfreedom: Foryearsnow, thepeoplehave been oppressed by aruthlessdictator. Ruling & governing
oppressverb(MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE)[T] to make apersonfeeluncomfortableorworried, and sometimesill: Strangedreamsandnightmaresoppressed him. Causing anxiety and worry
Examplesofoppressingoppressing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even today women are suffering and brothers areoppressing, even if less than they did before 1954. From theCambridge English Corpus He felt the imposition of geometric ordering schemes as a deadening force,oppressingother kinds of ordering such as might arise from use or context. From theCambridge English Corpus This violence seems endemic to the human spirit, and is not an exclusive feature of one or anotheroppressingculture. From theCambridge English Corpus How can a tyrant's success in subjecting a population to his rule by force of arms give him the right to consent on behalf of those he isoppressing? From theCambridge English Corpus Petitions from the populace had long served the ruling order by facilitating the sultan's control of intermediaries who fleeced the treasury or damaged cultivation byoppressingthe population. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also persecuting andoppressingindividuals active in cyberspace, invoking undemocratic articles of the criminal code for the purpose. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We do not just cancel debt for any old dictatorship that isoppressingits poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is theoppressingpreoccupation of educational administration at the present time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In how many is one part of the populationoppressinganother? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is really a question of how far a majority is prepared to exercise its rights withoutoppressingthe minority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not only a matter ofoppressingpeople, but of denying them rights to which they are entitled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That desire is one that has no regard tooppressingany other people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has had a mostoppressingeffect upon these people, who are only too anxious to help the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a constant source of criminality,oppressingand enslaving people, endangering the life and limb even of children. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Oppressingthe free media and banning opposition parties are two signals of authoritarian behaviour which should be condemned. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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