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英単語 oppression の意味

oppression

/əˈprɛʃən/
発展
名詞
1

抑圧、圧迫

基本

政治的、社会的な抑圧、個人の自由や権利を奪う行為などを指す。

The people suffered years of oppression under the dictator's rule.

人々は独裁者の支配下で長年にわたる抑圧に苦しんだ。

The oppression of minorities is a serious human rights issue.

少数民族の抑圧は深刻な人権問題である。

類義語:
repression
subjugation
domination
対義語:
liberation
freedom
emancipation
関連語:
suppression
tyranny
persecution
2

重圧、負担

発展

精神的な重圧や、仕事や責任による負担などを指す。

The constant pressure of work caused her great oppression.

仕事における絶え間ないプレッシャーが彼女に大きな重圧を与えた。

He felt the oppression of responsibility.

彼は責任の重圧を感じた。

類義語:
constraint
load
対義語:
relief
ease
関連語:
pressure
burden
weight

暗記のコツ

  • イメージで覚える:重石で押さえつけられる様子を想像する。
  • oppress(抑圧する)という動詞との関連を意識する。

語彙ネットワーク

類義語:
repression
subjugation
tyranny
対義語:
freedom
liberation
emancipation
派生語:
oppress
oppressive
関連語:
injustice
discrimination
inequality
suffering
hardship

よく使う表現・コロケーション

よく使う表現:
political oppression
religious oppression
economic oppression
social oppression
oppression of women
コロケーション:
動詞:
suffer oppression
end oppression
fight oppression
resist oppression
形容詞:
systematic oppression
brutal oppression
severe oppression
unjust oppression
名詞:
victims of oppression
instruments of oppression
signs of oppression
legacy of oppression

語源

Latin "oppressio" (a pressing down)