Definition
to restrict a person or group's power or liberty
壓抑;壓服;鎮壓某人
Social inequality often keeps people at the bottom from rising up.
社會不平等常常使底層的人無法翻身。
Such policies are merely used to keep certain communities down.
這些政策僅僅是用來壓制某些群體。
He was unwilling to accept unequal treatment, which kept his boss on edge.
他不願意接受不平等待遇,這讓他的老闆感到不安。