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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.
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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。
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...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.
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The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...
下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。
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The little room was windowless and oppressive.
这个小房间没有窗户,使人感到闷热难耐。
- Adjective
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1. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit;
- "the atmosphere was oppressive"
- "oppressive sorrows"
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2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;
- "the oppressive government"
- "oppressive laws"
- "a tyrannical parent"
- "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
- synonym: tyrannical,tyrannous
- 1. Another oppressive night descended.
- 闷热的夜又来临了。
来自《简明英汉词典》


