oppressive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Burdensome or difficult to bear.
    — The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  2. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
    — oppressive smell
  3. Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.
    — Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?
  4. Hot and humid.

词形变化

more oppressive comparative most oppressive superlative

词汇关系

近义词
harsh
衍生词
antioppressive inoppressive nonoppressive oppressively oppressiveness unoppressive

词源

Etymology tree
English oppress
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English oppressive
From oppress + -ive.
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