Oppressively

释义 Definition

oppressively（副词）：以压迫性、令人难以忍受的方式；常用于形容炎热、沉闷的天气或沉重、令人窒息的氛围/压力。

发音 Pronunciation

/əˈpresɪvli/

例句 Examples

The room was oppressively hot.
房间里热得让人喘不过气。

Under oppressively strict rules, creativity quickly faded.
在压迫性极强的严苛规则之下，创造力很快就消退了。

词源 Etymology

来自形容词 oppressive（压迫性的、令人难受的）加副词后缀 -ly。oppressive 源于拉丁语 opprimere（“压下去、压制”），由 *ob-*（向、对着）+ premere（压）构成，因此引申出“让人感到沉重、受压迫”的含义。

相关词 Related Words

• Oppressive
• Oppress
• Oppression
• Repressive
• Stifling
• Suffocating
• Overbearing
• Tyrannical

文学作品 Literary Works

• George Orwell《1984》：作品中常以“令人窒息的政治与社会氛围”描写极权统治，语境上常与 oppressive / oppressively 这类表达高度契合。
• Charles Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》（《双城记》）：描绘社会压迫与沉重时代氛围的语境中，常见 oppressive 一类词汇来呈现“压抑、沉重”的感受。