oppressive
压抑
definition
adjective
an oppressive dictatorship
unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group.
translation of 'oppressive'
adjective
虐,
残,
压抑,
残酷的,
沉闷,
酷
example
Sometimes, perhaps, the vastness of sky was 'oppressive' in the way wilderness weighed on McGregor's Canadians.
He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an 'oppressive' regime.
Also, one has to brave crowds of tourists, loud music and a generally 'oppressive' high-tech atmosphere to get to the classical section.
Women's home life was 'oppressive' and harsh even among the better classes.
It's ironic that so many people use a patriarchal and racist ideology to critique what they think is an engine of 'oppressive' authority.
And that 'oppressive' atmosphere is reinforced even by absence.
It is no longer possible for the surrounding dictatorships to defend their 'oppressive' ways as the immutable order of things.
When Hetty gets the good news, she packs a rucksack full of books and heads for Wordsworth country to escape the 'oppressive' atmosphere at home.
It may feel somewhat 'oppressive' for those readers who don't mind a crazy wife in the attic but ultimately prefer to see intelligent love conquer all.
Critics and audiences alike reviled it for its 'oppressive' atmosphere and the direction in which it took the Alien franchise.
The building radiated an 'oppressive' atmosphere, loaded with the anguish of men and women facing death.
The sun rose, becoming 'oppressive' as we traveled through the chain of islands.
People take their future into their own hands and rebel against an 'oppressive' authority.
In fact, not a lot happens at all in the first book, it mostly just introduces the main characters and sets up the 'oppressive' atmosphere of the castle.
Summer's spiritual hardships are manifest through the 'oppressive' summer heat.
Your great State has never experienced the misfortune of being occupied, and Australians never had to flee from an 'oppressive' dictatorship.
The collecting itch urged Smith further and further afield, helped along by Houston's 'oppressive' summer weather.
The feeling that we have to sort it all out in our minds and make judgments about it can be quite 'oppressive' .
We would be tragic heroes, battling the unjustness of an 'oppressive' society.
They found government harsh and 'oppressive' , complaining of the disparities between the rich and poor.
They are willing to espouse the most 'oppressive' dictatorship on earth just to be different!
Dolly and I had a grand siesta right through the 'oppressive' heat of the afternoon, waking to find the early evening cooler and more pleasant altogether.
The occasional heavy downpour keeps the 'oppressive' humidity at bay, and lessens the sense that we're walking through a steam room.
The 'oppressive' weather we've had this past week makes me want to sleep all day.
If they are made to work, and are chastised, but stinted of their food, such treatment is 'oppressive' , and saps their strength.
Does the coercive and 'oppressive' treatment of weaving children differ only by degree from the treatment of all carpet weavers?
We had left the 'oppressive' flat humidity of Lima at dawn, rising through the low cloud that seemed to hang permanently over the city, as if entering a second sky.
Be prepared for more 'oppressive' heat during the next two months as the dry weather will likely continue before entering the transition to the rainy season.
The same 'oppressive' atmosphere pervades the town of Soham.
However, in another few seconds, they were silent again and the 'oppressive' atmosphere returned.
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