ADJ-GRADED
(社會、法律、習俗等)壓迫的,壓制的,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.
新法律只會與原來的法律一樣苛嚴。
...refugees from the oppressive regime.
逃離暴政的難民