repress

英 [rɪ'pres] 美 [rɪ'pres]

• v. 抑制；压抑；镇压

详尽释义

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

例句

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。

经典引文

• No society can..repress an ugly past.

  出自： M. L. King

词汇搭配

• repress brick 再压砖

近反义词

【近义词】

• suppress 镇压
• stifle 使窒息
• quell 压制
• crush 压碎
• inhibit 抑制
• subdue 使服从
• curb 路边
• subjugate 征服
• block 街区
• muffle 围裹
• smother 窒息
• contain 容纳
• hold back 阻碍
• bottle up 憋在肚子里
• squelch 发出嘎吱声
• limit 限度
• restrain 抑制
• squash 壁球
• dominate 支配
• censor 检查员
• overpower 压倒
• silence 沉默
• oppress 使烦恼
• keep down 抑制
• down 向下
• keep 保持
• hush 肃静
• up 向上
• hush up 防止 ... 张扬出去...
• stem 柄
• lower 低的
• reduce 减少
• quash 镇压
• strangle 勒死

【反义词】

• incite 煽动