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

• No repressive regime can move down a new path unless it has the choice of an open door.
  任何压制性政权都不可能改弦易辙，除非它们有可以选择的出路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At the same time, the use of such technologies by repressive governments to suppress fundamental rights and freedoms is an ongoing concern.
  与此同时，专制政府使用这些技术压制基本权利和自由是一个引起持续担忧的问题。
• The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive.
  当权的军政府压制人民，不得人心。
• I know that engagement with repressive regimes lacks the satisfying purity of indignation.
  我知道，与压制性政权接触没有义愤填膺来得畅快。
• 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 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。
• 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。