repress

[英] [rɪˈpres] [美] [rɪˈprɛs] 生词本

v.

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1. VERB 压制,压抑,克制(情感) If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. 
  • People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares...

    压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。

  • It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.

    是被压制的愤怒导致暴力和失控。

  • ...repressed aggression.

    被压抑的敌对情绪

2. VERB 忍住;控制住 If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan. 
  • He repressed a smile...

    他忍住笑。

  • I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.

    我忍不住发出一声赞叹。

3. VERB 压制,限制(自由) If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them. 
  • Turkish Kurds have been repressed for decades by the Ankara government.

    土耳其的库尔德人已经被安卡拉政府压制了几十年。

  • ...a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people.

    禁止他压制民众的联合国决议

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

法律

  • 1.压迫
1. 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。

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