depress
有良心的還記得de=down吧?
depress the price 壓下價格
The dead may be depressed, failing to express themselves effectively.
不能有效地表達自己,死人們可能會倍感沮喪。
The Great Depression has often been cited.
大蕭條經常被引述。(以說明資本主義是垂死的等道理)
略需交代的是:down基本義是“向下”,引申成“不好”,對心情是“不爽”,對經濟是“蕭條”,不必死記。
oppress
The society is divided into two classes, the oppressors and the oppressed, according to Marx.
社會被分為兩個階層,壓迫者和被壓迫者——老馬如是說。
老鞋如是說:op=ob=against;所以oppress這種壓(press),是對抗式(op=ob)的壓迫。