/rɪ'pres; rɪ`prɛs/
v [Tn]
1 (a) restrain or suppress (an impulse); check 约束或抑制（冲动）; 压抑
*repress an urge to scream 强忍着不喊出来
* repress a sneeze, smile, cough 强抑着不打喷嚏、不笑、不咳嗽
* He repressed his natural sexual desires as sinful. 他压抑着本能的性欲, 视之为罪恶.
(b) (usu passive 通常用于被动语态) cause (sb) to restrain or suppress emotion, thoughts, etc 使（某人）在感情、思想等上受压抑
*His childhood was repressed and solitary. 他童年经受到压抑很孤独.
2 (a) prevent (a revolt, etc) from breaking out; quell 防止（暴乱等）; 平息; 镇压
*All protest is brutally repressed by the regime. 一切抗议活动都遭到当局的野蛮镇压.
(b) prevent (sb) from protesting or rioting; subjugate 防止（某人）反对或作乱; 压制
*The dictator represses all opposition as illegal. 这个独裁者把所有反对他的活动均视为非法加以镇压.

v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of reprimere 'to press back', from premere; PRESS²]
to stop yourself from doing something you want to do
　Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.
　I repressed a smile.
if someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them
　He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.
to control a group of people by force
→suppress, oppress oppress
　The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.