suppress

英 [sə'pres] 美 [sə'pres]

• vt. 镇压；隐瞒；压制；止住；禁止

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 镇压; 制止

   put an end to the activity or existence of

2. vt. 隐瞒

   prevent from being known or seen

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 镇压，压制，平定
2. 查禁，封锁
3. 抑制，忍住，压抑，克制，憋
4. 扑灭
5. 废除，废止
6. 禁止，禁止发行（或发表）
7. 删掉
8. 隐瞒，藏匿，掩饰，把...隐瞒起来
9. 阻止...生长，使止住

英英释义

Verb:

1. to put down by force or authority;

   "suppress a nascent uprising"
   "stamp down on littering"
   "conquer one's desires"
   

2. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

   "The government oppresses political activists"
   

3. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

4. put out of one's consciousness

5. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop;

   "suppress a yawn"
   "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The revolt was suppressed in a matter of hours.
   叛乱在几小时之内就镇压下去了。
2. All these movements were suppressed by the warlord government.
   所有这些运动都受到军阀政府的镇压。
3. A common person would not suppress his real name.
   一个平常人是不会隐瞒他的真实姓名的。
4. He couldn't suppress his anger.
   他简直怒不可遏。
5. No drug could suppress his cough.
   吃什么药也不能止住他的咳嗽。
6. She was struggling to suppress her sobs.
   她拼命不让自己哭出来。
7. He tried to suppress his feelings.
   他尽力抑制住自己的感情。
8. Mr Baruch stated what he thought the best method of suppressing opium smoking and the people heartily entered into his views.
   巴鲁克先生讲述了他所认为的禁止抽鸦片烟的最好方法，大家都热烈赞同。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
   新政府迅速把叛乱镇压下去。
2. He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists.
   他继续镇压人民,为帝国主义效劳。
3. The government passed a law to suppress the slave trade.
   政府颁布一条法律制止奴隶买卖。
4. They suppressed news that was not favourable to them.
   对他们不利的新闻他们就扣留下来。
5. Even the grave young woman could not suppress a smile.
   连那个严肃的年轻妇女都禁不住笑了。
6. She was struggling to suppress her sobs.
   她拼命不让自己哭出来。
7. It was all I could do to suppress my anger.
   我只好抑制住我的怒气了。
8. He couldn't suppress his emotions whenever he thought about his miserable life in the past.
   每当想起他过去的悲惨生活,他就无法克制自己的情绪。
9. He suppressed his name.
   他隐瞒了他的姓名。
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10. The rising was suppressed.
    叛乱被镇压下去了。

其他

1. His eyes were no longer mild but glittered with a suppressed fury.
   他的眼光不再温和,而是闪烁着强忍的怒火。

经典引文

• The revolt was suppressed..by Cromwell.

  出自： C. Hill

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

suppress by (v.+prep.)

以…镇压 put an end to the activity or existence through sth or by doing sth
suppress sth by sth/v-ing
They suppressed the rebellion by firing on the crowd.

他们向人群开枪来镇压反抗。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• suppress rebellion 镇压叛乱

～+副词

• suppress firmly 坚决禁止
• suppress generally 全面禁止
• suppress insidiously〔silently〕 暗中压制
• suppress summarily 立即制止
• suppress unlawfully 非法压制
• suppress vigorously 大力镇压

～+介词

• suppress by 以…镇压

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. suppress的基本意思是“镇压; 制止”,指采取较大的强制力量或暴力成功地压住或完全阻止某事物的生长和发展,也指彻底抑制住某种愿望、本能或情感的流露。引申可作“隐瞒”解。
2. suppress是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
3. suppress后接介词by表示“以…镇压”。
4. suppress的过去分词suppressed可用作形容词,在句中作定语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

suppress, oppress, repress

• 这组词均有“压制”的意思。其区别在于:
• 1.suppress和repress均可表示压制某种感情、欲望等,还可表示平息或镇压叛乱、反叛等, suppress还可指“禁止”“扣留”等; oppress指反动阶级压迫工人、农民、知识分子等,还可表示“使某人沮丧”。
• 2.suppress和repress指用武力或军事手段平息叛乱; oppress指通过政权控制,用苛捐杂税、酷刑等高压政治手段压迫。
• 3.suppress和repress是中性词,其对象可以是叛军、黑社会、土匪、流氓等,也可以是人民、工人、农民、知识分子等; oppress的对象则是人民、工人、农民、知识分子等。

suppress, crush, quell

• 这组词均可作“压服”解。其区别是：
• crush多用于非物质性的东西,所施加的力量将造成破坏,所采取的行动无法反抗; quell指彻底地使对方屈服、被动或瘫痪,可用于人和动物,它还有“扑灭”的意思; suppress指有意识地运用权力或力量公开地压服或消灭,强调被压服或消灭的目标很明确。

oppress，suppress

• 这两个动词均有“压迫、镇压”之意。
• oppress指用武力或权力等压迫、压制别人。
• suppress通常指通过强力，迅速有力地制止某事，或用意志控制自己的感情。

近反义词

【近义词】

• repress 抑制
• stifle 使窒息
• restrain 抑制
• squelch 发出嘎吱声
• hold back 阻碍
• muffle 围裹
• conquer 征服
• contain 容纳
• overpower 压倒
• inhibit 抑制
• overwhelm 打击
• overturn 翻倒
• curb 路边
• subdue 使服从
• restrict 限制
• arrest 逮捕
• defeat 挫败
• hush up 防止 ... 张扬出去...
• bridle 马笼头，缰绳...
• quell 压制
• withhold 抑制
• check 检查
• censor 检查员
• squash 壁球
• limit 限度
• oppress 使烦恼
• crush 压碎
• silence 沉默
• down 向下
• suffocate 使窒息
• dampen (使)潮湿
• back 后面
• keep down 抑制
• keep 保持
• smother 窒息
• hold 拿着
• extinguish 熄灭
• quench 熄灭
• stem 柄
• lower 低的
• bottle up 憋在肚子里
• stamp down 镇压