oppressive

• adj. 压迫的；沉重的；压制性的；难以忍受的

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。

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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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