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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

压迫 [yāpò]
  1. 1. verb [压制] oppress
  2. 2. verb [挤压] put pressure on
    囊肿压迫神经。
    Cysts put pressure on the nerves.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

压迫 [yāpò]
  1. 1. oppress; repress
    压迫
    oppressor
  2. 2. constrict
    肿瘤压迫神经,引起疼痛。
    The tumour constricts the nerves and causes pain.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

压迫 [yāpò]
  1. 1. 依仗权势,压制强迫。
  2. 2. 外力挤压有机体的某一局部
    骨质增生压迫神经。

Examples

他弃家出走,是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动。
He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.
哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗。
Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
他一辈子老实、无能,对环境的压迫逆来顺受。
All his life he had been simple, ineffective, docilely accepting the worst his environment had given him.
起来反抗压迫
rise against oppression
声援被压迫民族的正义斗争
support the oppressed nations in their just struggles
压迫
suffer oppression
我国劳动人民最终推翻了官僚资本主义的压迫
The working class of our country finally overthrew the oppression of bureaucrats.
奴隶社会中的奴隶受自由民的压迫
In slave societies, slaves were oppressed by freemen.
反抗压迫
resist oppression

Collocations

压迫人民
to oppress people
反抗压迫
to resist oppression
民族压迫
an oppressed race
沉重压迫
heavy oppression
压迫剥削
exploitation of the oppressed
压迫神经
oppressed nerves
压迫止血
to stop the bleeding of the opressed

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