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(lái)者準(zhǔn)備承擔(dān)一部分我們突然間感到很沉重的那些負(fù)擔(dān)嗎？
2. An oppressive or nightmarish burden.
   沉重的或夢(mèng)魘般的重?fù)?dān)
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(dāng)?shù)乩脵?quán)力的，威迫的
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）