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oppressive
[英] [əˈpresɪv] [美] [əˈprɛsɪv] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED （社会、法律、习俗等）压迫的，压制的，暴虐的，不公的 If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. 

  • The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.

    新法律只会与原来的法律一样苛严。

  • ...refugees from the oppressive regime.

    逃离暴政的难民

2. ADJ-GRADED （天气、空气等）闷热的，难以忍受的 If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp. 

  • The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...

    下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。

  • The little room was windowless and oppressive.

    这个小房间没有窗户，使人感到闷热难耐。

3. ADJ-GRADED 令人心情沉重的；让人感到压抑的；使人苦恼的 An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable. 

  • ...the oppressive sadness that weighed upon him like a physical pain.

    如肉体上的疼痛一样压在他心头的令人抑郁的悲伤

Adjective

1. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit;

  • "the atmosphere was oppressive"
  • "oppressive sorrows"

2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;

  • "the oppressive government"
  • "oppressive laws"
  • "a tyrannical parent"
  • "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
1. Another oppressive night descended.
闷热的夜又来临了。

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