oppressively
adverb
uk/əˈpres.ɪv.li/us/əˈpres.ɪv.li/oppressivelyadverb(CRUELLY)
in acruelandunfairway that does notallowpeoplethefreedomthey should have:
压迫地He wasspeakingof oppressivelyreligiousregimes.他谈到了压迫性的宗教政权。
Thelawmight be used oppressively by thenarrow-minded.狭隘的人可能会使用法律去压迫人民。
- Thepoliticalclimatehadturnedoppressivelyconservative.
- HearguesagainstawardingtheOlympicGamesto oppressivelygovernednations.
- Theirrelationshipseemedimpossiblewithin an oppressivelyhomophobicculture.
- Shearguedthat thegovernmentwasactingoppressively inimposingfurthertaxation.
- Dictatorsruleovertheirsubjectsoppressively.
Ruling & governing
- administration
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throneidiom
- bipartisanship
- government-owned
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- governorate
- hard Brexitidiom
- oppression
- oppressive
- oppressiveness
- overgovern
- power-sharing
- repression
- subjugation
- super-government
- the politburo
- tinpot
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Systems of government
oppressivelyadverb(FEELING)
in a way that makespeoplefeelworriedoruncomfortable:
Thetowncan get oppressivelybusyduring thepeakweeksof thesummer.
Anairofgloomhungoppressively over thehouse.
- Thecoloursin theroomarealmostoppressivelydull.
- Thefilmcreatesan oppressivelyclaustrophobicatmosphere.
- Thebookis ahorrifying, oppressivelybleak,vastlyentertainlymasterpiece.
- Socialconventionweighsoppressively on them.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- rattle
- roost
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness
- trigger
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
oppressivelyadverb(WEATHER)
in a way that isuncomfortablebecause it ishotand there is nowind:
闷热地，令人窒息地It was oppressivelyhoton thebus.公共汽车上热得令人窒息。
It washot, but not oppressivelyhumid.天气很热，但没有令人喘不过气的潮湿。
- InJuly,evenup here in thehills, thesuncan be oppressivelyhot.
- Theycomplainedabout the oppressivelysteamyweather.
- As theyclimbed, thecloudspusheddown oppressively.
- Theairwas thekindofsteamyhazethatstickstoyourskinoppressively.
Hot & heat
- bake
- baking
- beat down
- boiling
- broiling
- fuggy
- glow
- heat haze
- heated
- heatwave
- oppressive
- piping hot
- red-hot
- scalding
- scorching
- sizzle
- stuffy
- swelter
- thermal
- white heat