Oppressive əˈpresɪv Hot əˈpresɪvli Oppressively Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 People
This flashcard defines "oppressive" with three meanings: relating to society, laws, etc. as "cruel and unfair"; describing weather or atmosphere as "unpleasantly hot and damp"; and indicating a situation that makes one feel "depressed and uncomfortable". Examples and synonyms are provided for each meaning.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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.
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。
...refugees from the oppressive regime.
逃离暴政的难民
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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.
The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...
下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。
The little room was windowless and oppressive.
这个小房间没有窗户，使人感到闷热难耐。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人心情沉重的；让人感到压抑的；使人苦恼的 An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable.
[usu ADJ n]
...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
Oxford
op·pres·sive/əˈpresɪv; NAmEəˈpresɪv/adjective1treating 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对部份人的压制性法律◆an oppressive regime残暴的政权2(of the weather 天气)extremely hot and unpleasant and lacking fresh air 闷热的；令人窒息的SYN
stifling
◆oppressive heat难熬的酷暑3making you feel unhappy and anxious 令人苦恼的；令人焦虑的SYN
stifling
◆an oppressive relationship令人苦恼的关系▶op·pres·sive·ly/əˈpresɪvli; NAmEəˈpresɪvli/adverb◆to behave oppressively表现得盛气凌人◆oppressively hot热得令人窒息◆He suffered from an oppressively dominant mother.他那武断专横的母亲令他苦不堪言。op·pres·sive/əˈpresɪv; NAmEəˈpresɪv/op·pres·sive·ly/əˈpresɪvli; NAmEəˈpresɪvli/
LDC
oppressiveop‧pres‧sive /əˈpresɪv/ ●○○ adjective
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1powerful, cruel, and unfair: an oppressive military regime2weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air: the oppressive heat of the afternoon3a situation that is oppressive makes you unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable: an oppressive silence an oppressive atmosphere—oppressively adverb
WDF
oppressive
[əˈpresɪv]
TEM4
j9877
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ADJ14271
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压迫的(41%)，压抑的(36%)，沉重的(18%)，闷热难受的(5%)
adj.压迫的；沉重的；压制性的；难以忍受的
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