| 单词 | oppressive |
| 释义 | oppressive (once / 918 pages) adj Think of something crushing you, and you will understand what oppressive is. It can be something that crushes your spirit, like a bad relationship, or something that crushes you with its tyranny, like the oppressive rule of a dictator. Oppressive comes in many flavors; laws can be oppressive, governments can be oppressive, even relationships can be oppressive. The adjective oppressive is heavy stuff; it can feel like you can't breathe, like something is choking you: "His oppressive behavior made me feel like I was being smothered." If something is just too intense, and not in a good way, that also can feel oppressive. WORD FAMILYoppressive: oppressively, oppressiveness+/oppress: oppressed, oppresses, oppressing, oppression, oppressive, oppressor/oppression: oppressions/oppressor: oppressors USAGE EXAMPLESTo Clark, the cruelty only reinforced her ideas about the oppressive system. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) “The wallpaper is a bit oppressive,” Julieta observes, and she’s being kind. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Syria’s opposition, to them, are agents of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabism and the United States’ imperialism, rather than people who rose up against an oppressive regime. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj weighing heavily on the senses or spirit the atmosphere was oppressive oppressive sorrows Syn heavy marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness 2adj marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior the oppressive government oppressive laws Syn tyrannical, tyrannous domineering tending to domineer |
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