喜樂美語
  1. 1壓迫的、高壓的(政治/社會)；(天氣)悶熱難耐的

    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.

From the word’s history

From oppress + -ive.

oppress「壓迫」加上 -ive。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin "opprimere" — "ob-" (against) plus "premere" (to press) — literally "to press against/down."

同家族的字

  • pressureshares the Latin root 'premere,' meaning to press
  • oppressthe verb this adjective comes from

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    Burdensome or difficult to bear.

    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  • 2

    geopoliticsgovernmentpolitical-scienceTyrannical or exercising unjust power.

    • oppressive smell
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
  • 3

    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.
  • 4

    climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesHot and humid.

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