oppressive

oppressive

英 [ə'presɪv]
　　美 [ə'prɛsɪv]

adj. 壓迫的；沉重的；壓制性的；難以忍受的

中文詞源：

oppressive 壓制的，壓迫的

來自oppress,壓制，壓迫，-ive,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
新法律隻會與原來的法律一樣苛嚴。

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。

3. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.
這個國傢的政治體制依然殘暴異常，缺少平等，四分五裂。

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。

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。