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repress
  • Derivatives : n  represser ; n  repressiveness ; n  repressor ; adj  repressible ; adj  repressive ; adv  repressively
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

repress [rɪ'prεs]
  1. 1. vt. [+people] [ revolt] 压制
  2. 2. vt. [+feeling] [ impulse] 压抑

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

repress [rɪ'prεs] [rɪ'pres]
  1. 1. vt. 抑制忍住
    to repress a sigh
    忍住叹息
  2. 2. vt. 镇压压制
  3. 3. vt. 约束限制
    to repress a child
    孩子严加管束
  4. 4. vt. [精神病] 压抑:把(痛苦想法冲动等)压到潜意识
  5. 5. vt. [精神病] 压抑防止潜意识的冲动等)达到意识水平
  6. 6. vt. [Biochemistry] 阻遏

Collins English-English Dictionary

repress [rɪ'prεs]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain
    to repress a desire
  2. 2. vt. to put into a state of subjugation
    to repress a people
  3. 3. vt. [psychoanal] to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press1

Examples

to repress a child
对孩子严加管束
to repress a people

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