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词汇 example_english_instrument-of-oppression
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instrument of oppression

collocation in English

meanings of instrumentand oppression


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instrument
noun[C]
uk /ˈɪn.strə.mənt/ us /ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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oppression
noun[U]
uk /əˈpreʃ.ən/ us /əˈpreʃ.ən/
a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities ...
See more at oppression


Examples of instrument of oppression


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The colonial army was an instrumentofoppression, but it also kept peace and seemed to have its place in the new order of things.
That is because the law is still seen as an instrumentofoppression by foreign invaders.
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They can be an instrumentofoppression and extortion—they frequently are.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Law, instead of becoming an instrument of civilised values, has become an instrumentofoppression.
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Psychiatry is seen by proponents of anti-psychiatry as a coercive instrumentofoppression.
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The theory identifies the state and the law as instruments of oppression used by the ruling class for their own benefit.
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The colonial army was an instrumentofoppression, but it also kept peace and seemed to have its place in the new order of things.
That is because the law is still seen as an instrumentofoppression by foreign invaders.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They can be an instrumentofoppression and extortion—they frequently are.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Law, instead of becoming an instrument of civilised values, has become an instrumentofoppression.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Psychiatry is seen by proponents of anti-psychiatry as a coercive instrumentofoppression.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The theory identifies the state and the law as instruments of oppression used by the ruling class for their own benefit.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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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