资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repressive \Re*press"ive\ (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pressif.
   LL. repressivus.]
   Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or
   measures. -- {Re*press"ive*ly}, adv.