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

• I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
  我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
• 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。
• When we repress or suppress aspects of our emotional and cognitive life we tend to disconnect ourselves from our body.
  当我们单方面去制止或压抑情绪及认知生活的时候，我们就等于将自己从我们的身体分离出来了。
• Hence, to repress the vital is not a solution.
  因此，抑制情命不是一个解决方案。
• 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 principles of consultation, co-operation and open borders within the EU have helped to repress the old, nationalist demons.
  欧盟内部协商、合作和开放边境的原则对过去的民族主义恶魔起到了约束作用。
• 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。
• He repressed a smile
  他忍住笑。
• Certain needs he can no longer repress.
  他已经不能再压抑。
• We often repress questions and doubts when Jesus is more than willing to answer.
  我们经常会隐藏起心中的问题和疑惑，而主耶稣其实是非常愿意给我们解答的。