ADJ-GRADED
(社会、法律、习俗等)压迫的,压制的,暴虐的,不公的
If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly.
例句
The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
新法律只会与原来的法律一样苛严。
...refugees from the oppressive regime.
逃离暴政的难民