Word · Frequency #11934
repressive
压抑的；抑制的；镇压的
restrictive of action
- 1.
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
镇压的；压制的；专横的。
镇压的；压制的；专横的。；压抑的；抑制的；镇压的
In use
The school's repressive dress code prevented students from expressing themselves.
Many workers complained about the repressive atmosphere in the office, where even small mistakes were punished.
He grew up under repressive parents who never allowed him to make his own choices.
repressive + noun
repressive 常作定语，修饰政权、法律、政府等，表示“压制性的、镇压的”。
The repressive regime fell after months of protests.
在持续数月的抗议之后，这个镇压性的政权倒台了。
be repressive
作表语时表示主语“令人压抑的、限制自由的”的性质。
The new censorship rules are repressive.
新的审查规定是压制性的。
find sth repressive
“find + 宾语 + repressive”表示“觉得……令人压抑”。
Many employees find the strict monitoring repressive.
许多员工觉得这种严密监控令人压抑。
repressive toward(s) sb/sth
toward(s) 后接被压制的一方；英式英语常用 towards。
The government has been repressive toward independent media.
政府一直对独立媒体采取压制手段。
Common mistakes
I feel very repressive at work.I feel very repressed at work.
repressive 意为“压迫性的、镇压的”，用来描述制度或措施；描述人内心受到压抑、无法舒展的状态时要用过去分词 repressed 作表语。
The government responded repressive to the protests.The government responded repressively to the protests.
repressive 是形容词，只能修饰名词；修饰动词 respond 时要用副词 repressively。
Connections
Collocations
- repressive regime
- 专制政权；高压政权
- The people finally rose up against the repressive regime.人民终于起来反抗那个专制政权。
- repressive laws
- 压制性法律
- The repressive laws were condemned by human rights groups.这些压制性法律遭到人权组织的谴责。
- repressive government
- 高压政府
- Life under a repressive government is full of fear.在高压政府统治下的生活充满恐惧。
- repressive policies
- 压制性政策
- The repressive policies stifled free speech.这些压制性政策扼杀了言论自由。
- repressive measures
- 镇压措施
- The regime used repressive measures to crush the protest.该政权使用镇压措施来平息抗议。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：press是“压”，re-像“反复”，反复压制就是repressive（压抑的、镇压的）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political discourse、legal writing、social commentary repressive 通常用于书面或正式语境，多形容政府、法律或社会制度对行动自由的压制；日常口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上六个词都与 repressive 押韵：重读音节均为 /ɛ/，后面跟 /sɪv/。注意拼写相似的词可能发音不同，例如 decisive /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/ 和 receptive /rɪˈsɛptɪv/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.