oppressiveness
noun [ U ] uk/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/ us/əˈpres.ɪv.nəs/
(CRUELTY)
压迫
the quality of cruelly or unfairly not allowing people the freedom they should have
They had survived the oppressiveness of apartheid. 他们在种族隔离的压迫下幸存下来。
They fled the country to escape brutal oppressiveness. 他们逃离这个国家以摆脱野蛮的压迫。
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- The latest cases illustrate the sheer oppressiveness of a law which can be used to punish or even ruin an enemy.
- His father told him to read Solzhenitsyn to better understand Communism's oppressiveness.
- The playwright evoked the suffocation of individuality and the oppressiveness of dictatorship.
(FEELING)
压迫感| 压抑
a quality that makes people feel worried or uncomfortable
My parents came here to escape the oppressiveness of small-town life. 我的父母来此以逃避小城镇生活的压逼感。
The overall feeling of this room was of draining oppressiveness and heaviness. 这个房间的总体感觉是压抑和沉重，令人窒息。
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- She plays a suburban 1950s housewife stifled by the oppressiveness of her unfulfilling marriage.
- We would never paint our home in such depressing colours, but for some reason we accept this oppressiveness in the office, factory or hospital.
- There is a brooding oppressiveness to the silence that induces a feeling of unease.
(WEATHER)
（天气）闷热，令人窒息
the quality in weather of being uncomfortably hot with no wind
At last a slight breeze broke the oppressiveness. 最后，一阵微风吹来，打破了这种压迫感。
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- It was a warm, sticky afternoon with sufficient oppressiveness to prompt thoughts of siesta.
- A hot night lay in breathless oppressiveness over the dark landscape.