oppressive
adjective /əˈpresɪv/
/əˈpresɪv/
- treating people in a cruel and unfair way and not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people
压迫的;压制的;高压的 - oppressive laws
对部分人的压制性法律 - an oppressive regime
残暴的政权 - The political situation has grown increasingly oppressive.
政治局势变得越来越令人压抑。
- Black people continue to bear the brunt of racial violence and oppressive policing.
黑人继续承受着种族暴力和压迫性治安的冲击。 - Her views are certainly oppressive to a large number of disabled people.
她的观点对许多残疾人来说无疑是压迫性的。 - The refugees were fleeing from oppressive social and political conditions.
难民从压制的社会和政治环境中逃离。
- oppressive laws
- (of the weather
) extremely hot and unpleasant and not having enough fresh air天气 synonym stifling闷热的;令人窒息的 - oppressive heat
难熬的酷暑
- oppressive heat
- making you feel unhappy and anxious
synonym stifling令人苦恼的;令人焦虑的 - an oppressive relationship
令人苦恼的关系 - The silence between them started to grow oppressive.
他们之间的沉默开始变得压抑。
- an oppressive relationship
词源late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere.