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Repressive describes a government, law, or system that controls people too strictly and does not let them speak freely, protest, or live as they choose. It's a strong, mostly political word used to criticize unfair power — 'a repressive regime' is a very common news phrase. It's not usually used for small, personal situations, like a strict parent — that would just be called 'strict.'
高壓的、鎮壓的(政權、政策等)
組成From 'repress' (to hold down or control by force) + -ive (adjective ending).
同家族的字
- represssame root verb, meaning to control or hold down by force
原始詞典資料1 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。
repressiveadj
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Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
- Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed
- First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.
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。