repression

英 [rɪ'preʃn] 美 [rɪ'preʃn]

• n. 抑制；压抑；镇压

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]压抑；约束；抑制；镇压

   the stopping of some action or feeling;oppression

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 抑制
2. 镇压
3. 压制
4. 约束
5. 【心】压抑（机制）
6. 克制
7. 阻遏
8. 阻遏作用
9. 阻遏现象
10. 受压抑物

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of forcible subjugation;

   "the long repression of Christian sects"
   

2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

3. the act of repressing; control by holding down;

   "his goal was the repression of insolence"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The repression of one's true feelings is wrong.
   抑制自己的真实情感是不对的。
2. His goal was the repression of insolence.
   他的目标是抑制傲慢的态度。
3. His repression broke out.
   他的压抑终于爆发了。
4. The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.
   压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
5. The government's repression of the strike failed.
   政府对这次罢工的镇压失败了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Repression made him behave worse.
   受抑制使他表现得更糟。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+介词

• the repression of laugh 忍住笑

近反义词

【近义词】

• tyranny 暴政
• abstinence 节制
• constraint 约束
• bondage 奴役
• silence 沉默
• suppression 镇压
• subjugation 征服
• domination 支配
• authoritarianism 权力主义
• despotism 独裁
• cruelty 残酷
• control 掌控
• oppression 压抑