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词汇 repressively
释义 repressively
adverb
uk /rɪˈpres.ɪv.li/ us /rɪˈpres.ɪv.li/
in a way that controls what people do, especially by using force:
The regime had behaved extremely repressively towards the population.
She had been fighting for years against the repressively patriarchal society in the country.
She claimed in court that her husband had treated her repressively although he had not actually been physically violent.
The dictator has ruled the country repressively for almost a decade.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he said repressively.
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