repress
英 [rɪ'pres]
美 [rɪ'prɛs]
- vt. 抑制；镇压（叛乱等）；约束
- vi. 抑制；镇压
TEM8 TOEFL
repress 克制，压制，镇压re-,向后，往回，press,按，压。引申词义克制，镇压等。
- repress
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
- 我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.
- 压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. to repress a smile
- 忍住不笑
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
