When the provinces and the towns formed so many different nations in the midst of their common country, each of them had a will of its own, which was opposed to the general spirit of subjection; but now that all the parts of the same empire, after having lost their immunities, their customs, their prejudices, their traditions, and their names, are subjected and accustomed to the same laws, it is not more difficult to oppress them collectively than it was formerly to oppress them singly.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
IPHIGENIA (singing) O ye attendant train, How is my heart oppress'd with wo! What notes, save notes of grief, can flow, A harsh and unmelodious strain? My soul domestic ills oppress with dread, And bid me mourn a brother dead. What visions did my sleeping sense appall In the past dark and midnight hour! 'Tis ruin, ruin all. My father's houses-it is no more: No more is his illustrious line. What dreadful deeds hath Argos known! One only brother, Fate, was mine; And dost thou rend him from me?英文原著 · 《Iphigenia in Tauris》
The housekeeper brought in the wine. I put the glass to my lips, and set it down again. The chill of the mist was in the wine. There was no taste, no reviving spirit in it. The presence of the housekeeper oppressed me. My dog had followed her into the room. The presence of the animal oppressed me. I said to the woman: "Leave me by myself, and take the dog with you."英文原著 · 《LITTLE NOVELS》
For the first time he saw the war as something measurable, as something with a beginning and an end, as something less than the immortal spirit in man. He had been too much oppressed by it. He perceived all these people in the street were too much oppressed by it. He wanted to tell them as much, tell them that all was well with them, bid them be of good cheer. He wanted to bless them. He found his arm floating up towards gestures of benediction. Self-control became increasingly difficult.英文原著 · 《Soul of a Bishop》
The noise did not come a second time from the thicket. The very silence was oppressive. There was no wind, not even a stray puff, and the bushes never rustled. Henry longed for a noise of some kind to break that terrible, oppressive silence. What he really wished to hear was the soft crunch of Long Jim's moccasins on the grass and leaves. The night passed, the day came, and Henry awakened his comrades. Long Jim was still missing and their alarm was justified. Whatever trail lie might have struck, he would have returned in the night unless something had happened to him.英文原著 · 《The Scouts of the Valley》
"Like an angel, Boris Nikolaievitch. But why did she speak of his heart oppressed? I don't see that General Trebassof has a heart oppressed, for my part." Michael Korsakoff spoke roughly as he drained his glass.英文原著 · 《The Secret of the Night》
I see them as the uniform of oppression and I should be uncomfortable wearing them.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
It might also be said you grew up oppressed by one of history's great monsters -- your sister, Claire.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Which oppressive governments use to identify political dissidents.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Support the oppressed, defend the defenseless, care for the sick, support the oppressed, defend the defenseless, care for the sick,演讲 · 《A life of purpose ~ Rick Warren》
Are choked to death before we get to fight against the oppressors of art. are choked to death before we get to fight against the oppressors of art.演讲 · 《Be an artist, right now! ~ Young-ha Kim》