新概念英語之句型講解

【句型21】Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.（Lesson 11）【譯文】有些老人因恐懼死亡而苦惱。【講解】【句型21】some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.（lesson 11）

【譯文】有些老人因恐懼死亡而苦惱。

【講解】oppress：使（心情等）沉重；使煩惱，折磨（to make someone feel unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable），例如：

a sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits.

前面的'重重困難使我心情沉重。

be oppressed by the unpleasant climate 被討厭的氣候弄得煩惱

a writer oppressed by his shortcomings 對自己的短處感到苦惱的作家