repressive

英 [rɪˈpresɪv]

美 [rɪˈpresɪv]

adj.  压制的; 专制的; 严厉的; 压抑的; 抑制的; 克制的

考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11934 / COCA.11423

牛津词典

adj.

• 压制的；专制的；严厉的
  controlling people by force and restricting their freedom
  1. a repressive regime/measure/law
     实行高压政策的政权；镇压措施；严厉的法律
• 压抑的；抑制的；克制的
  controlling emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (政府)压制的，专制的，高压的
  Arepressivegovernment is one that restricts people's freedom and controls them by using force.
  1. The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive.
     当权的军政府压制人民，不得人心。

英英释义

adj

• restrictive of action
  1. a repressive regime
  2. an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
  Synonym:inhibitoryrepressing

双语例句

• The nation became independent in1844, but endured political instability and repressive governments.
  1844年独立，但是政治不稳定，政府专制。
• Often the artists have to work on forbidden themes and in defiance of repressive governments.
  艺术家往往不得不挖掘被禁的主题，无视政府的压制。
• But even in countries where repressive regimes do not punish such behaviour, hierarchical attitudes and traditions of deference often breed intellectual conformism.
  但是，即便在那些强权政体不惩罚此种行为的国家，恪守等级的态度和归顺服从的传统，往往培育出知识上的因循守旧。
• But many are unhappy about what they regard as the repressive rule of Beijing.
  但是许多人对北京政府的统治表示不满。
• But its repressive stance has set a dubious leadership for regimes elsewhere, with the open internet under attack in many parts of the world.
  但其压制性立场为其他政权树立了一种不可靠的领导榜样。开放网络在世界许多地区都受到攻击。
• It called on the fashion world to take a uniform approach internationally and deplored the use of selectively repressive measures, referring to those now under consideration.
  该联盟号召时尚界在国际上采取统一方法，对使用选择性压制举措表示谴责，这里指的就是目前正在考虑之中的提案。
• But even in applying its repressive instruments it has learnt how to use them more efficiently.
  但即使在运用压制的手段上，党也学会了提高效率。
• The Establishment was thought to have sent the country into Vietnam; it was perfectly content with the status quo, with all its restrictions on freedom and tolerance for unjust social arrangements; it stood for all that was uptight and generally repressive in American culture.
  人们认为是统治集团让国家卷入了越南战争；统治集团限制自由、容忍不公平的社会分配，并对这样的现状还心满意足；统治集团代表了美国文化中极端保守和普遍专制的一切东西。
• Repressive institutions are not completed yet, and the country is not sufficiently closed.
  高压机制尚未完成，该国还没有完全闭关锁国。
• The people are held down by a vicious and repressive military regime.
  人民受着凶恶而专制的军政权的压迫。