• adj. 壓迫的；沉重的；壓制性的；難以忍受的

來自oppress,壓制，壓迫，-ive,形容詞后綴。

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.

新法律只會與原來的法律一樣苛嚴。

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2. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.

下午令人難耐的高溫讓他完全精疲力竭。

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3. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.

這個國家的政治體制依然殘暴異常，缺少平等，四分五裂。

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4. My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire.

我對財富的渴望瘋狂、病態，猶如心頭的一塊重石。

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5. The little room was windowless and oppressive.

這個小房間沒有窗戶，使人感到悶熱難耐。

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