repressive
UK/rɪ'presɪv/US/ri'presiv/
B1
Definitions
adj.
Tending to control or restrict people's freedom by force
压制性的，专制的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedrepress (press back) + -ive (tending to) = 'tending to hold people down' — a regime that crushes freedom.
Root press still carries 89 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.repressive regime专制政权
- 2.repressive measures高压手段
- 3.repressive laws压制性法律
Example Sentences
- 1.
The government introduced increasingly repressive measures.
- 2.
Journalists fled the repressive regime.