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

• 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。
• 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。
• It does not do to repress negative thoughts, such as fears, angers, or resentment.
  压制负面的思想，比如恐惧、怒或仇恨是没有用的。
• Although, I think he tries to cover it up and repress it a bit by playing music.
  虽然，我认为他尝试通过演出去掩饰并压制紧张的情绪。
• Computation and imitation indicate repress the noise effectively, to high SNR.
  计算模拟表明有效抑制了噪声，实现了较高幅度的高信噪比。
• Fourth, several methods that have been used to repress the deficit will soon be found to be unsustainable.
  原因之四是，为控制财政赤字而采用过的多种方法很快就将被证明为是不可持续的。
• When I put the sword in my mouth, I will repress the gag reflex in the back of the throat.
  当我把剑放到我的嘴里的时候，我要抑制喉咙后部的咽反射。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。