repress

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re·press /rɪˈpres/ verb [transitiveT]

1 to stop yourself from doing something you want to do 忍住，克制

Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.

布伦达克制住想对他吼的冲动。

I repressed a smile.

我忍住不笑。

2 HIDE/NOT SHOWif someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them 压抑，克制，抑制〔痛苦的情感、回忆等〕

He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.

他长久压抑着儿时的痛苦记忆。

3 CONTROLto control a group of people by force 镇压，压制 → suppress, oppress

The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.

警方因为他们在镇压抗议活动时所扮演的角色而广受批评。

Examples from the Corpus

repress• It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.• Not all that is unconscious is repressed, although all that is repressed is unconscious.• Some tendencies in human behaviour were encouraged, others repressed, and the results were both pleasant and unpleasant.• For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.• Other nations condemned the ruler for repressing dissent.• Their professional pride is to provide information, not repress it.• Denying or repressing sorrow often seems the easiest way out when confronted with death.• Individuals who repress their sexual desires often suffer from psychological problems.• Either he had genuinely repressed what he knew or he refused to acknowledge it.

Origin repress

(1300-1400) Latin past participle of reprimere “to press back”, from premere; → PRESS2

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