oppressive

1. ADJ If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. 压迫的

The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace. 新法律将跟被它所取代的那些法律一样不公正。

2. ADJ If you describe the weather or the atmosphere in a room as oppressive, you mean that it is unpleasantly hot and damp. 湿热的

The oppressive afternoon heat had tired him out. 湿热的午后暑气使他筋疲力尽。

3. ADJ An oppressive situation makes you feel depressed and uncomfortable. 令人感到压抑的

...the oppressive sadness that weighed upon him like a physical pain. …像肉体疼痛一样沉重地压着他、令他抑郁的悲伤。