repress
美音:
[rıp´res
]英音:
[rıp´res
]vt.<美>再压,补充加压 vi.压制
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形容词:repressible 名词:repressibility 动词过去式:repressed 过去分词:repressed 现在分词:repressing 第三人称单数:represses
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press=to press(压)
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repress
/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.
repress
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
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suppress, oppress
oppress The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.