downtrodden people are treated so badly by the people with authority and power that they no longer have the energy or ability to fight back 受欺压的;被蹂躏的;被践踏的 a downtrodden minority 受压迫的少数民族 It was a downtrodden nation during centuries of foreign occupation. 在几个世纪的外国占领期间,它是一个受压迫的国家。