repress

英[rɪ'pres] 美[rɪ'pres]
  • v. 抑制;压抑;镇压
repressible repressibility repressed repressed repressing represses
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星级词汇:
    v. (动词)
    1. 抑制
    2. 压制
    3. 镇压
    4. 克制
    5. 约束
    6. 平息
    7. 制止
    8. 忍住
    9. 【心】把压入(潜意识)
    10. 予以制裁
    11. 收住
    12. 把...咽下去

英英释义

Verb:
  1. put down by force or intimidation;

    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
    "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
    "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

  2. conceal or hide;

    "smother a yawn"
    "muffle one's anger"
    "strangle a yawn"

  3. put out of one's consciousness

  4. block the action of

1. By pushing aside unpleasant thoughts they merely repress these thoughts.
他们对不愉快的想法不予理会,其结果仅仅是压制了这些想法。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
我忍不住发出一声赞叹。

来自柯林斯例句

3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.
压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。

来自柯林斯例句

4. to repress a smile
忍住不笑

来自《权威词典》

5. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.
他们的贪食是传奇性的,甚至强壮的战士也会因为提起他们而无法抑制的颤抖.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He could hardly repress his tears.
      他的眼泪都忍不住快要流下来了。
    2. He could hardly repress a smile at her simplicity.
      见她如此天真,他都忍不住想笑了。
    3. His childhood was repressed and solitary.
      他的童年是压抑而孤独的。
    4. We repress the uprising with the help of the army.
      我们用军队来镇压暴动。
    5. All protests are brutally repressed by the government as illegal.
      所有的抗议活动都遭到当局的野蛮镇压,并被宣布为非法。