repress
英 [rɪˈpres]
美 [rɪˈpres]
- vt. 抑制;镇压(叛乱等);约束
- vi. 抑制;镇压
repress 克制,压制,镇压re-,向后,往回,press,按,压。引申词义克制,镇压等。
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repress: see press
- repress (v.)
- late 14c., "to check, restrain," from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere "hold back, curb," figuratively "check, confine, restrain, refrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + premere "to push" (see press (v.1)).
Used of feelings or desires from late 14c.; in the purely psychological sense, it represents German verdrängen (Freud, 1893), first attested 1904 (implied in repressed). Meaning "to put down" (a rebellion, etc.) is from late 15c. Related: Repressed; repressing.
- 1. By pushing aside unpleasant thoughts they merely repress these thoughts.
- 他们对不愉快的想法不予理会,其结果仅仅是压制了这些想法。
- 2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
- 我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
- 3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.
- 压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
- 4. to repress a smile
- 忍住不笑
- 5. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.
- 他们的贪食是传奇性的,甚至强壮的战士也会因为提起他们而无法抑制的颤抖.