oppressive
- adj. （社会、法律、习俗等）压迫的，暴虐的，不公的 ；（天气、空气等）闷热的，难以忍受的；使人苦恼的，令人焦虑的
[ 比较级 more oppressive 最高级 most oppressive ]
网络释义英英释义
oppressive clause 苛刻的条款
oppressive weather 沈闷天气 ; 闷热天气
oppressive practices 压迫行为
oppressive agreement 苛刻的协议
Oppressive Will 意志压迫
oppressive [ ə'presiv ]
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adj.
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weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
"the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
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marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
"the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"
同义词： tyrannical tyrannous
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weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
oppressive /əˈprɛsɪv/ TEM4
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ADJ If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. 压迫的
例：The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
新法律将跟被它所取代的那些法律一样不公正。
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ADJ If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp. 湿热的
例：The oppressive afternoon heat had tired him out.
湿热的午后暑气使他筋疲力尽。
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ADJ An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable. 令人感到压抑的
例：...the oppressive sadness that weighed upon him like a physical pain.
…像肉体疼痛一样沉重地压着他、令他抑郁的悲伤。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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An excess of house plants in a small apartment can be oppressive.
在一套狭小公寓里放过多的室内植物会给人压抑感。
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Perhaps in the face of impersonal and intimidating globalization, a young person's family feels more like a friendly haven than an oppressive trap.
或许，面临缺乏人情味且令人生畏的全球化冲击时，家庭对于年轻人而言，或许更像是友好的避风港，而非压抑的牢笼。
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The oppressive afternoon heat had tired him out.
湿热的午后暑气使他筋疲力尽。
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Have you lifted the oppressive sanctions? Have you stopped insulting us and making accusations against our great nation and its leaders?
VOA: standard.2009.03.21
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So the Pax Romana may have sounded great, if you were an elite, but if you were not in the elite, it may have seemed more oppressive than anything.
所以罗马和平对精英阶层听着很美好，但如果你不是精英阶层，就会觉得更像是压迫。
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He's the friend of women everywhere, at least for a few of his female readers in the eighteenth century, and for many he's the very embodiment of oppressive patriarchy.
他到处都有女人缘，至少在18世纪他有不少女性读者，但对很多人来说他是压抑的男权主义的象征。
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