oppressive

英 [əˈpres.ɪv]      美 [əˈpres.ɪv]
  • adj. 压迫的;沉重的;压制性的;难以忍受的
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将“oppressive”与“o”加“press”再加“-ive”联想记忆。想象一个巨大的“o”像一张重压的双手,持续压迫着“press”下的东西,表现出“oppressive”(压迫的、压抑的)的意思。

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oppressive 压制的,压迫的

来自oppress,压制,压迫,-ive,形容词后缀。

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.
新法律只会与原来的法律一样苛严。
2. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.
下午令人难耐的高温让他完全精疲力竭。
3. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.
这个国家的政治体制依然残暴异常,缺少平等,四分五裂。
4. My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire.
我对财富的渴望疯狂、病态,犹如心头的一块重石。
5. The little room was windowless and oppressive.
这个小房间没有窗户,使人感到闷热难耐。