oppressive

adj.

1. 压迫的；压制的；高压的
   treating people in a cruel and unfair way and not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people
   1. oppressive laws
      对部分人的压制性法律
   2. an oppressive regime
      残暴的政权
2. 闷热的；令人窒息的
   extremely hot and unpleasant and lacking fresh air
   1. oppressive heat
      难熬的酷暑
3. 令人苦恼的；令人焦虑的
   making you feel unhappy and anxious
   1. an oppressive relationship
      令人苦恼的关系

1. ADJ-GRADED （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.
   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。
   2. ...refugees from the oppressive regime.
      逃离暴政的难民
2. ADJ-GRADED （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.
   1. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out...
      下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。
   2. The little room was windowless and oppressive.
      这个小房间没有窗户，使人感到闷热难耐。
3. ADJ-GRADED 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.
   1. ...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

1. An excess of house plants in a small flat can be oppressive
   在小公寓中摆放过多室内植物会让人觉得很压抑。
2. 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。
3. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out
   下午闷热的天气使他疲惫不堪。
4. The little room was windowless and oppressive.
   这个小房间没有窗户，使人感到闷热难耐。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The atmosphere there is unbearably oppressive.
   那里的气氛太沉闷了，令人无法忍受。
8. This is not people expressing their anger against an oppressive state.
   这些人并不是反抗压迫状态而表达愤怒。
9. However, he was criticized for his oppressive rule.
   但同时，他也因他的压迫性制度而到批评。
10. I rushed out of the room because the oppressive air stifled me.
    我急忙地出了那个屋子，因为闷热的空气使我窒息起来。
11. I find the quietness of my suburban neighborhood back home a little oppressive now!
    现在，我发现，我在国内所居住的那个郊外社区安静得有点儿压抑！
12. So the Greeks were the first oppressive power that people thought they could overthrow this way.
    希腊人是人们想到可以用这种方式，推翻的第一股压迫势力。
13. I was so oppressive that I hesitated.
    我也吃不住了，竟然犹豫起来。
14. Imagine a world in which Martin Luther King had failed to speak out against oppressive racism.
    想象一个世界，马丁？路德？金没有讲出反对压迫的种族主义。
15. On the Korean Peninsula, an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation.
    在朝鲜半岛，受一个压制性政权统治的人民生活在恐惧和饥饿之中。
16. "The shackles of love are freedom's most oppressive yoke," she said.
    “爱的锁链是自由最沉重的羁绊”她说。
17. This wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive.
    从经验中得出的智慧既可以发挥作用，又不致使人感到强加于人。
18. Months of bloodshed, protest, but success: the ouster of the Shah and his oppressive government.
    数月的流血，抗议，但是获得了成功：驱逐了伊朗国王及其政权。
19. They went on strike against the oppressive regulation.
    他们罢工以示他们对这不公平的规则的反抗。
20. I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
    坦白的说，我不是一个充满活动能量政府的朋友，这样的政府总是压迫人民。
21. There is an absolute and oppressive darkness to be found only in the deep wilderness at night.
    夜晚的荒野中存在着一种纯粹而令人压抑的黑暗。
22. To his own people, Solomon was a wasteful and oppressive monarch.
    对他本国人民来说，所罗门是个挥霍、残暴的君主。
23. Eventually the people rose against the oppressive regime.
    最终人民起来反抗压迫他们的政权。
24. At times, this can feel oppressive; but it also creates a climate of trust.
    有时，这可能让人感到压抑；但它同时创造了一种信任的氛围。
25. She saw University as a way to escape from her oppressive home life.
    她把大学看作是摆脱压抑的家庭生活的一种方法。
26. I am going for a walk for the room is too oppressive.
    “我要出去散步，房间里太憋闷了”英文怎么说？
27. These places are cabined without inflexible square, can cast off the oppressive feeling of the box temporarily.
    这些地方没有呆板的方形拘束，可以暂时摆脱盒子的压迫感。
28. Worst of all, there is an oppressive air of gloom and defeatism among the British.
    尤其严重的是，在英国人中间弥漫着一种阴郁的压抑情绪和失败主义思想。
29. Oppressive governments everywhere will struggle to resist this political awakening.
    全球的专制政府都将难以抵挡这种政治觉醒。
30. Are the newcomers prepared to shoulder some of the burdens which we have suddenly discovered to be oppressive?
    这些新来者准备承担一部分我们突然间感到很沉重的那些负担吗？

adj

1. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
   1. the oppressive government
   2. oppressive laws
   3. a tyrannical parent
   4. tyrannous disregard of human rights

   Synonym:    tyrannicaltyrannous

2. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
   1. the atmosphere was oppressive
   2. oppressive sorrows