repressive

英 [rɪˈpresɪv]

美 [rɪˈpresɪv]

adj.  压制的; 专制的; 严厉的; 压抑的; 抑制的; 克制的

考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11934 / COCA.11423

牛津词典

adj.

• 压制的；专制的；严厉的
  controlling people by force and restricting their freedom
  1. a repressive regime/measure/law
     实行高压政策的政权；镇压措施；严厉的法律
• 压抑的；抑制的；克制的
  controlling emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (政府)压制的，专制的，高压的
  Arepressivegovernment is one that restricts people's freedom and controls them by using force.
  1. The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive.
     当权的军政府压制人民，不得人心。

英英释义

adj

• restrictive of action
  1. a repressive regime
  2. an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
  Synonym:inhibitoryrepressing

双语例句

• Repressive institutions are not completed yet, and the country is not sufficiently closed.
  高压机制尚未完成，该国还没有完全闭关锁国。
• North Korea has blasted the US for imposing fresh sanctions against it, reiterating its denial of involvement in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures and calling the US move hostile and repressive.
  朝鲜周日严厉谴责了美国对其实施的最新制裁，重申该国未参与针对索尼电影（SonyPictures）的网络攻击，并称美国此举是充满敌意的高压手段。
• But many are unhappy about what they regard as the repressive rule of Beijing.
  但是许多人对北京政府的统治表示不满。
• The silenced state is correlated with repressive histone and DNA methylation marks in the D1 promoter region but is not associated with DNA sequence alterations.
  基因沉默的这种状态与D1基因启动子中的组蛋白甲基化和DNA甲基化修饰受抑制有关，而不涉及DNA序列的改变。
• Critics of the proposal say it could have the opposite effect in Cuba, and actually empower the repressive government.
  批评这项议案的人士说，这将在古巴导致适得其反的效果，进一步加强压制性的古巴政府的力量。
• The repressive mark was composed of three methyl groups attached to a lysine on the H4 histone.
  抑制性标记由3个甲基基团组成，结合到组蛋白H4的一个赖氨酸残基上。
• It called on the fashion world to take a uniform approach internationally and deplored the use of selectively repressive measures, referring to those now under consideration.
  该联盟号召时尚界在国际上采取统一方法，对使用选择性压制举措表示谴责，这里指的就是目前正在考虑之中的提案。
• The nation became independent in1844, but endured political instability and repressive governments.
  1844年独立，但是政治不稳定，政府专制。
• The Establishment was thought to have sent the country into Vietnam; it was perfectly content with the status quo, with all its restrictions on freedom and tolerance for unjust social arrangements; it stood for all that was uptight and generally repressive in American culture.
  人们认为是统治集团让国家卷入了越南战争；统治集团限制自由、容忍不公平的社会分配，并对这样的现状还心满意足；统治集团代表了美国文化中极端保守和普遍专制的一切东西。
• At the same time, the use of such technologies by repressive governments to suppress fundamental rights and freedoms is an ongoing concern.
  与此同时，专制政府使用这些技术压制基本权利和自由是一个引起持续担忧的问题。