1. An excess of house plants in a small apartment can be oppressive. 在一套狭小公寓里放过多的室内植物会给人压抑感。
2. Perhaps in the face of impersonal and intimidating globalization, a young person's family feels more like a friendly haven than an oppressive trap. 或许，面临缺乏人情味且令人生畏的全球化冲击时，家庭对于年轻人而言，或许更像是友好的避风港，而非压抑的牢笼。
3. The oppressive afternoon heat had tired him out. 湿热的午后暑气使他筋疲力尽。
4. The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace. 新法律将跟被它所取代的那些法律一样不公正。
5. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system. 这个国家仍用严重压制性的，不公平且引起分歧的政治制度。
