Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a pretext for repressive governments to intensify pressure on independent media.

不幸的是，新冠疫情为压制性的府加紧打压独立媒体提供了借口。

The regime is becoming ever more repressive; it recently banned women from entering parks.

塔利越来越专制；该权最近禁止女性进入公园。

And so they think that they're fighting against repressive government, they believe.

所以他们认为他们是在对抗专制府。

Critics say Ecuador's new media Lorries among the religions most repressive.

批评家称，厄瓜多尔的新媒体Lorries一直在压制宗教。

An opposition spokesman described Mr Morsi's comments as scary, saying they could herald repressive measures.

反对派发言人称穆尔西的言论是在吓唬人，称这意味穆尔西可能采取镇压措施。

They cast a dark and repressive shadow over my city and, in a way, held us back.

但它们令我们的城市蒙上了一层黑暗压抑的阴影，并在一定程度上阻碍了我们的发展。

But reports of targeted killings increased fears that the militants will return Afghanistan to their past repressive rule.

但有关定点杀戮的报道增加了人们对武装分子将使阿富汗恢复其过去镇压统治的担忧。

With oil prices down, there is less money and they're more likely to have to use repressive force.

随油价下跌，钱少了，他们更有可能不不使用镇压力量。

We know that millions of people in Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and other countries suffer under repressive and brutal regimes.

我们知道，在伊朗，古巴，委内瑞拉，朝鲜，和其他的国家，还有数百万人正遭权野蛮地镇压。

" It seems very unlikely, Harry, " said Hermione in a repressive sort of voice. " What makes you think? "

“确实不太可能，哈利，”赫敏用耐性子的口吻说，“你怎么会认为——？”

Many Russians - and I personally know quite a few - have left Russia because of the repressive political climate here.

许多俄罗斯人因为该国的治气氛压抑离开俄罗斯，我个人也认识不少这样的人。

It does not help that they passed such a repressive law.

他们通过了这样一项压制性的法律，这于事无补。

We were moving from a repressive past and into a democratic dispensation.

我们正在从过去的专制制度转为民主制度。

Those who sat atop repressive governments could for the most part safely ignore public opinion.

那些坐在专制府之上的人，在很大程度上可以安全地无视公众舆论。

Of course, there have been many repressive cultures whose populace was willing to tolerate even extremely wretched rulers.

当然，历史上存在许多专制文化，其民众甚至愿意忍极其悲惨的统治者。

The programme has a very 1960s vibe-it focuses on the individual's e? orts to assert himself in the face of a repressive, conformist society.

这个项目有一种非常60年代的感觉——它关注的是个人在面对一个压抑、墨守成规的社会时，努力坚持自己的立场。

It was the decision of this committee to institute the repressive and violent police measures collectively known as the Reign of Terror.

该委员会决定采取镇压和暴力的警察措施，统称为恐怖统治。

“Pyongyang is more relaxed. It is still extremely repressive socially, but people are taking their cue from the new leadership, ” says a diplomat who lives there.

“平壤的氛围更加轻松了，尽管仍存在严厉的社会压迫，但群众都能感觉到他们的新领导与以往不同。”

They also believed that the broader population were eager for such a measure after years of dour and repressive Puritan rule during the 1650s.

他们还认为，在经历了 1650 年代清教徒多年的严厉和镇压统治后，更广泛的民众渴望采取这样的措施。

He was fuming under a repressive law which he was forced to acknowledge: he was dangerously poised, and Rosamond's voice now brought the decisive vibration.

他在一项他不不承认的压制性法律下大发雷霆：他处于危险的镇定状态， 罗莎蒙德的声音现在带来了决定性的震动。