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Oppressive describes something that treats people and , especially by using power to control them and take away their freedom — an "oppressive government" or "oppressive laws" don't let people speak or live freely. The word is also used, in a very different but related way, for weather or heat: "oppressive heat" is heat so heavy and strong that it feels hard to breathe or move, like the air itself is pressing down on you.
壓迫的、高壓的(政治/社會);(天氣)悶熱難耐的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oppressiveadj/əˈpɹɛs.ɪv/
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Burdensome or difficult to bear.
- The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
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geopoliticsgovernmentpolitical-scienceTyrannical or exercising unjust power.
- oppressive smell
- The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
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Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.
- Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?
- Without being slaves in fact, their condition is little better than vassalage in its most oppressive form.
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climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesHot and humid.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。