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repress
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Derivatives :
n
represser
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n
repressiveness
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n
repressor
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adj
repressible
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adj
repressive
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adv
repressively
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- repress
[rɪ'prεs]
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1.
vt.
[+people]
[ revolt]
压制
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2.
vt.
[+feeling]
[ impulse]
压抑
Collins English-English Dictionary
- repress
[rɪ'prεs]
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vt.
[tr]
to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain
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to repress a desire
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2.
vt.
to put into a state of subjugation
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to repress a people
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3.
vt.
[psychoanal]
to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press1
Examples
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to repress a child
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对孩子严加管束
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to repress a people
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