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

• Yes, how repressive is the bondage of family, society and school!
  是呵，家庭，社会与学校的束缚是何等的严紧呀！
• 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 this relationship is qualitatively different from Cuba's African or Central American campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s. It remains a repressive regime, and yet, while the judgment is fine, the time is right for the US to open up more to Cuba.
  但这种关系与古巴上世纪七、八十年代在非洲和中美洲的活动有着质的区别。古巴依然是一个专制政权，不过，尽管这种判断没错，美国进一步对古巴开放的时机已经成熟。
• Apply economic sanctions against a repressive regime.
  对一压制人民的政体实行经济制裁。
• 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。
• In any event, there are geopolitical bargains and lucrative trade deals to be struck with repressive regimes.
  不管怎样，西方总会与专制政权达成地缘政治交易和利润丰厚的贸易协议。
• 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 military regime in power was unpopular and repressive.
  当权的军政府压制人民，不得人心。
• If repressive rulers want to buy your cars or mobile phones, it is hard to stop them.
  如果专制统治者想要购买你生产的车或手机，那你很难阻止他们。
• It is too early to cheer; but this may be an important reform to a woefully repressive system.
  虽然现在就庆祝为时尚早；但这可能是该国令人遗憾的专政体系的重大变革。