| 词汇 | example_english_oppress |
| 释义 | Examples of oppressThese 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. One handbill suggested that the people would happily accept a patriot king as long as they were not oppressed. The pensions and mercenaries that oppressed the poor, and the corrupted young men, must be done away with. We are not yet perfectly armed against dogmatism and the danger of oppressing scienti®c debate and criticism is still real. We have every reason to believe that he may be delusional, oppressed with the kinds of ' voices' associated with what we now call schizophrenia. The rest of the young men played the oppressed. Perhaps the writer also overrates the potential for an 'antioppressive social work' which 'stands with the oppressed' (see p. 110). The perspective is anthropological, and the goal is to improve practices that benefit people who are vulnerable or oppressed. In his personality he combined old-fashioned traits of elitist, ar istocratic behavior with empathy for oppressed, economically disadvantaged people and willingness to help individuals. They saw instead that racism was a dead-end street, and that oppressed races-including their own- would inevitably emerge from repression. The wildness oppressed the sensibility yet made it impossible to move away. If women were oppressed in the 1950s and 1960s, black women were much more so. On one hand, women are worshipped, but on the other, they are oppressed. Pitting oppressed groups against each other is counterproductive when the cure for oppression is to empower the people at the bottom. Feminism means at a minimum an affirmation that women of all groups are oppressed and that this oppression is wrong. Hence, where a group felt oppressed by a local headman, it could nominate and elect its own local leader to escape this oppression. Here, the concern is not whether one will be oppressed or treated unfairly, but whether one will be deserted, alienated, isolated, or abandoned. Neoliberal multiculturalism has come about in part as a response to demands for rights by the culturally oppressed and excluded. In dealing with couples, fertility specialists need to be aware that some women are oppressed within relationships and may not be making autonomous choices. They rightly want to broaden the range of social groups (particularly oppressed groups) represented in social decision-making bodies, accordingly. The environment that oppressed her when she was alive is there to torment her still in death. He is not curbed by any written law or custom and those whom he oppresses have not so much as a right to complain. The oppressed are assuming the role of the oppressor. Meanwhile, instead of acting the part of 'good pupils', costume-playing girls constructed their own ghetto-like environments for music appreciation, which also recognised their physicality which was oppressed in schools. I am not saying here that there may not be elements of a divide-and-rule strategy as claimed by opponents from minority or formerly oppressed ethnic groups. People are often oppressed through the ways in which they are expected to manage and control their bodies, to shape them and use them as objects for others. Now that it has become clear how the modern period also has oppressed women, we are very conscious that political or economic development does not necessarily liberate women. Youth and other groups who felt oppressed or marginalized by the established norms, systems, and institutions began to question many of the given assumptions in our society. Everything that oppresses us is interconnected. Her analysis prompted me to think more about connections between nonhuman and human oppression, and about the role of euphemism and definition in keeping nonhumans oppressed. A monopolistic view on disability also denies the variety of experiences of disablement - many people do suffer due to their impairments and not all disabled people view themselves as oppressed. The individual, especially if oppressed and poor, was regarded as much more than a cog in the industrial machine, as being entitled to a meaningful life. 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 is oppressing? 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 by oppressing the population. He cares for the oppressed. Again today the hypocritical ‘defenders’ of human rights and the oppressed are silent. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We must also consider the political sensitivities of some of our ethnic minorities, who feel that their countrymen are being oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the things that has oppressed me has been the amount of misunderstanding there has been about this project. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of concerning ourselves with quotas, we ought really to be focusing on women who are oppressed and discriminated against. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The dictatorship of mullahs is not the only regime under which women are barbarically oppressed, however. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Hundreds of thousands have become refugees and some 28 million people are being oppressed, plundered and violated under the military occupation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We do not just cancel debt for any old dictatorship that is oppressing its poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Women in impoverished countries often suffer doubly, because they are oppressed by political and cultural outlooks that make a poor life even worse for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who will speak for the downtrodden and the oppressed? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They are too numerous there to be oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no public interest, of course, save this: that it is always the public interest that no individual should be oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over the centuries, they have been oppressed or destroyed or, latterly, largely neglected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel oppressed by the weighty obligation that we bear towards these civil servants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should join together with other similarly oppressed professions, such as the physiotherapists and the occupational therapists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dockers are workers who have these fears that they will be oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case that we are discussing a black majority is oppressed by a small white minority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In how many is one part of the population oppressing another? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should never be oppressed by that, although it is a factor that should be taken into account. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over and over again members of the working class have been oppressed and exploited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were oppressed because of their race and religion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sovereignty of an individual state is not an excuse to protect a dictator or tyrant who oppresses an indigenous population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What oppresses me is that the numbers of these people are increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One feels oppressed with the multitude of subjects that ought to be covered and with the importance of them all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am oppressed here by a sense of unreality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When life's—day's —oppression is not eased by night, and day by day— day by night—and night by day oppressed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The law, therefore, must be such that people are not oppressed by it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What oppresses me is that in these matters we always win the argument but rarely the battle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the fear that the small organisations will be oppressed by the larger bodies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are oppressed, victimised and in many cases harassed, imprisoned and mistreated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only way that they can prevent it is by ensuring that our purchasing power is restricted, which further oppresses our industries and commerce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to hear a lot more about the fact that a minority are being oppressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I raise these matters as a protest against entertainments which assist dictatorial personages when oppressing their own democracies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually the question one asks is whether a liberation movement represents a majority being oppressed by a minority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is a vast need for administrative law to be strengthened to provide further defences for the citizen oppressed by maladministration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a constant source of criminality, oppressing and enslaving people, endangering the life and limb even of children. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Ethnic minorities are persecuted, priests are oppressed, as are representatives of various faiths. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Oppressing the free media and banning opposition parties are two signals of authoritarian behaviour which should be condemned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Hundreds of thousands of dissidents are oppressed or imprisoned in labour camps. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In other words, to put the tyrant and the oppressor in a good light, while condemning their victims and the ones they oppressed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A peaceful solution, however, is not likely to be achieved by stirring up hatred between the nations or oppressing the smaller nations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same small businesses are oppressed by the weight of rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The country is really oppressed with these committees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His usual attitude to oppressing the poor is one of studied indifference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he set about oppressing everyone who held opinions different from his own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least, under communism, the people of those countries, oppressed as they were, lived under a certain rough if ugly order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this understanding the church takes on the role of champion of the oppressed, the voice of the voiceless, the conscience of the nation. I think you can be oppressed through being exploited, harassed, discriminated against; or through being ignored and looked straight through. Even today women are suffering and brothers are oppressing, even if less than they did before 1954. The glory of a hero who is oppressed by injustice demands your justified aid. Indeed, when framed as oppressed, the young men only complained. The forum ended on this optimistic note, and it seemed that change was possible after all - when all those oppressed resisted. All nineteenth-century melodramas suggest a need for radical change in the lives of the powerless and the oppressed, and in this they are inherently radical. In addition, female physicality, which is oppressed in schools, takes on an important role in costume playing culture. Whilst it has been established that women are subordinate to men in sport, the nature of men as the oppressing group needs to be discussed. Unlike the proletariat, the bourgeoisie are dehumanized through their actions and eventually oppressed by the monster, capitalism, which they have created. He felt the imposition of geometric ordering schemes as a deadening force, oppressing other kinds of ordering such as might arise from use or context. She was oppressed by the continuing knowledge of evil and perhaps by her own failing ability to do anything about it. The ruling class exploits and oppresses the subject class. 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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