oppressive
英 [ə'presɪv]
美 [ə'prɛsɪv]
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 5. 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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