形容詞 oppressive:

1. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
   同義詞：tyrannical, tyrannous

1. Are the newcomers prepared to shoulder some of the burdens which we have suddenly discovered to be oppressive?
   這些新來者準備承擔一部分我們突然間感到很沉重的那些負擔嗎？
2. An oppressive or nightmarish burden.
   沉重的或夢魘般的重擔
3. The heat in the tropics is oppressive.
   熱帶氣候熱得難受。
4. It's oppressive today.
   今天的天氣令人難受。

op.pres.sive

adj.（形容詞）
Difficult to bear; burdensome:
難以忍受的，沉重的：
例句：
oppressive laws.
苛刻的法律

Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
壓迫的：武斷地但不正當?shù)乩脵嗔Φ?，威迫?/br>Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit:
精神或感覺上壓抑的：
例句：
oppressive weather.See Synonyms at burdensome
抑悶的天氣參見 burdensome

【引伸】
oppres.sively
adv.（副詞）
oppres.siveness
n.（名詞）