1ADJ-GRADED (社会、法律、习俗等)压迫的,压制的,暴虐的,不公的 If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. (社会、法律、习俗等)压迫的,压制的,暴虐的,不公的
The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
2ADJ-GRADED (天气、空气等)闷热的,难以忍受的 If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp. (天气、空气等)闷热的,难以忍受的
The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.