oppressive

英 [əˈpresɪv]

美 [əˈpresɪv]

adj.  压迫的; 压制的; 高压的; 闷热的; 令人窒息的; 令人苦恼的; 令人焦虑的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 压迫的；压制的；高压的
  treating people in a cruel and unfair way and not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people
  1. oppressive laws
     对部分人的压制性法律
  2. an oppressive regime
     残暴的政权
• 闷热的；令人窒息的
  extremely hot and unpleasant and lacking fresh air
  1. oppressive heat
     难熬的酷暑
• 令人苦恼的；令人焦虑的
  making you feel unhappy and anxious
  1. an oppressive relationship
     令人苦恼的关系

柯林斯词典

• 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 asoppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly.
  1. 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。
  2. ...refugees from the oppressive regime.
     逃离暴政的难民
• 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 asoppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp.
  1. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...
     下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。
  2. The little room was windowless and oppressive.
     这个小房间没有窗户，使人感到闷热难耐。
• ADJ-GRADED 令人心情沉重的；让人感到压抑的；使人苦恼的
  Anoppressivesituation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable.
  1. ...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

英英释义

adj

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
  1. the oppressive government
  2. oppressive laws
  3. a tyrannical parent
  4. tyrannous disregard of human rights
  Synonym:tyrannicaltyrannous
• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  1. the atmosphere was oppressive
  2. oppressive sorrows

双语例句

• An excess of house plants in a small flat can be oppressive
  在小公寓中摆放过多室内植物会让人觉得很压抑。
• I was so oppressive that I hesitated.
  我也吃不住了，竟然犹豫起来。
• My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire.
  我对财富的渴望疯狂、病态，犹如心头的一块重石。
• Imagine a world in which Martin Luther King had failed to speak out against oppressive racism.
  想象一个世界，马丁？路德？金没有讲出反对压迫的种族主义。
• Worst of all, there is an oppressive air of gloom and defeatism among the British.
  尤其严重的是，在英国人中间弥漫着一种阴郁的压抑情绪和失败主义思想。
• The atmosphere there is unbearably oppressive.
  那里的气氛太沉闷了，令人无法忍受。
• I am going for a walk for the room is too oppressive.
  “我要出去散步，房间里太憋闷了”英文怎么说？
• "The shackles of love are freedom's most oppressive yoke," she said.
  “爱的锁链是自由最沉重的羁绊”她说。
• On the Korean Peninsula, an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation.
  在朝鲜半岛，受一个压制性政权统治的人民生活在恐惧和饥饿之中。
• I rushed out of the room because the oppressive air stifled me.
  我急忙地出了那个屋子，因为闷热的空气使我窒息起来。