transcription, транскрипция: [ əpres ]
( oppresses, oppressing, oppressed)
1.
To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.
These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in...
We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn’t be oppressing us.
VERB : be V-ed , V n , also V , V n with n
2.
If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. ( LITERARY )
It was not just the weather which oppressed her.
VERB : V n