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oppressive是什么意思

oppressive

英 [ə'presɪv] 美 [ə'prɛsɪv]

oppressive 压制的，压迫的

来自oppress,压制，压迫，-ive,形容词后缀。

oppressive (adj.): 1640s, from Medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Related: Oppressively; oppressiveness.

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.: 下午令人难耐的高温让他完全精疲力竭。

3. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.: 这个国家的政治体制依然残暴异常，缺少平等，四分五裂。

4. 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。