repress

英 [rɪˈpres]

美 [rɪˈpres]

v.  克制; 压抑; 抑制; 压制; 镇压

现在分词：repressing　过去分词：repressed　过去式：repressed　第三人称单数：represses　复数：represses　

考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14291 / COCA.13023

牛津词典

verb

• 克制；压抑；抑制
  to try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc.
  1. to repress a smile
     忍住不笑
  2. He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury.
     他冲了进来，毫不掩饰自己的愤怒。
• 压制；镇压
  to use political and/or military force to control a group of people and restrict their freedom

柯林斯词典

• VERB 压制，压抑，克制(情感)
  If yourepressa feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling.
  1. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares...
     压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
  2. 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。
  3. ...repressed aggression.
     被压抑的敌对情绪
• VERB 忍住;控制住
  If yourepressa smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan.
  1. He repressed a smile...
     他忍住笑。
  2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
     我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
• VERB 压制，限制(自由)
  If a section of societyis repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people.
     禁止他压制民众的联合国决议

英英释义

verb

• block the action of
• put out of one's consciousness
  Synonym:suppress
• conceal or hide
  1. smother a yawn
  2. muffle one's anger
  3. strangle a yawn
  Synonym:smotherstiflestranglemuffle
• put down by force or intimidation
  1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
  Synonym:quashkeep downsubduesubjugatereduce

双语例句

• 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。
• He must watch it, cheek it, repress it, and obey it only at the last extremity.
  人应当监视它，约束它，抑制它，必须是到了最后才服从它。
• The latter then activate or repress systems of cellular processes that accomplish the final development of the organism.
  靶基因然后激活或抑制完成生物体最后发育的系统细胞过程。
• Wu Sun-fu was unable to repress a sudden burst of laughter.
  吴荪甫忍不住独自个哈哈笑了。
• 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。
• Many men tend to repress their reaction, so it lingers like basement mold.
  而许多男士更倾向于压制他们的反应，所以就像地窖里的霉菌一样挥之不去。
• People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares
  压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
• Her mother could not repress her consciousness of the nuptial Vision conjured up by the girl's consent.
  姑娘同意去了，这又使得她的母亲心里头想到这门亲事的前景。
• Cried passepartout, who could not repress his indignation.
  路路通大叫一声，他简直忍不住心里的愤怒了。
• Desire to succeed can be so powerful as to repress the risks involved.
  渴望成功的愿望可能如此强烈，以至于让人忽略了其中涉及的风险。