depress
有良心的还记得de=down吧?
depress the price 压下价格
The dead may be depressed, failing to express themselves effectively.
不能有效地表达自己,死人们可能会倍感沮丧。
The Great Depression has often been cited.
大萧条经常被引述。(以说明资本主义是垂死的等道理)
略需交代的是:down基本义是“向下”,引申成“不好”,对心情是“不爽”,对经济是“萧条”,不必死记。
oppress
The society is divided into two classes, the oppressors and the oppressed, according to Marx.
社会被分为两个阶层,压迫者和被压迫者——老马如是说。
老鞋如是说:op=ob=against;所以oppress这种压(press),是对抗式(op=ob)的压迫。