repress

英 [rɪˈpres] 美 [rɪˈpres]

v.  克制; 压抑; 抑制; 压制; 镇压

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考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14291 / COCA.13023



牛津词典

verb

  1. 克制;压抑;抑制
    to try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc.
    1. to repress a smile
      忍住不笑
    2. He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury.
      他冲了进来,毫不掩饰自己的愤怒。
  2. 压制;镇压
    to use political and/or military force to control a group of people and restrict their freedom

    柯林斯词典

    1. VERB 压制,压抑,克制(情感)
      If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling.
      1. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares...
        压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
      2. It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.
        是被压制的愤怒导致暴力和失控。
      3. ...repressed aggression.
        被压抑的敌对情绪
    2. VERB 忍住;控制住
      If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan.
      1. He repressed a smile...
        他忍住笑。
      2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
        我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
    3. VERB 压制,限制(自由)
      If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them.
      1. Turkish Kurds have been repressed for decades by the Ankara government.
        土耳其的库尔德人已经被安卡拉政府压制了几十年。
      2. ...a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people.
        禁止他压制民众的联合国决议

    双语例句

    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. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares
      压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
    3. He repressed a smile
      他忍住笑。
    4. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
      我忍不住发出一声赞叹。
    5. Turkish Kurds have been repressed for decades by the Ankara government.
      土耳其的库尔德人已经被安卡拉政府压制了几十年。
    6. Her mother could not repress her consciousness of the nuptial Vision conjured up by the girl's consent.
      姑娘同意去了,这又使得她的母亲心里头想到这门亲事的前景。
    7. Yet, when we walk in the door at Church today, or we get together with other Christians we repress any feelings of doubt, fear or struggle and put on a big smile.
      然而,如今当我们迈进教会的大门,或者是与其他基督徒聚会的时候,我们往往压抑住心中的诸多怀疑、恐惧和挣扎,然后展现给大家一个大大的笑容。
    8. Hence, to repress the vital is not a solution.
      因此,抑制情命不是一个解决方案。
    9. When I put the sword in my mouth, I will repress the gag reflex in the back of the throat.
      当我把剑放到我的嘴里的时候,我要抑制喉咙后部的咽反射。
    10. Master teaches us to be free, and that we do not to have to leave home, or repress our emotions and feelings to be enlightened.
      师父教我们要自在,开悟并不需要离开家庭,也不需要压抑情感和感觉。
    11. Desire to succeed can be so powerful as to repress the risks involved.
      渴望成功的愿望可能如此强烈,以至于让人忽略了其中涉及的风险。
    12. Wu Sun-fu was unable to repress a sudden burst of laughter.
      吴荪甫忍不住独自个哈哈笑了。
    13. Although, I think he tries to cover it up and repress it a bit by playing music.
      虽然,我认为他尝试通过演出去掩饰并压制紧张的情绪。
    14. He must watch it, cheek it, repress it, and obey it only at the last extremity.
      人应当监视它,约束它,抑制它,必须是到了最后才服从它。
    15. The need she felt to disburden her mind to Tito urged her to repress the rising anguish.
      她感觉有必要向蒂托吐露自己的心事了,这促使他压下了涌上心头的苦恼。
    16. Many men tend to repress their reaction, so it lingers like basement mold.
      而许多男士更倾向于压制他们的反应,所以就像地窖里的霉菌一样挥之不去。
    17. Computation and imitation indicate repress the noise effectively, to high SNR.
      计算模拟表明有效抑制了噪声,实现了较高幅度的高信噪比。
    18. Cried passepartout, who could not repress his indignation.
      路路通大叫一声,他简直忍不住心里的愤怒了。
    19. The principles of consultation, co-operation and open borders within the EU have helped to repress the old, nationalist demons.
      欧盟内部协商、合作和开放边境的原则对过去的民族主义恶魔起到了约束作用。
    20. Certain needs he can no longer repress.
      他已经不能再压抑。
    21. 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。
    22. When we repress or suppress aspects of our emotional and cognitive life we tend to disconnect ourselves from our body.
      当我们单方面去制止或压抑情绪及认知生活的时候,我们就等于将自己从我们的身体分离出来了。
    23. The latter then activate or repress systems of cellular processes that accomplish the final development of the organism.
      靶基因然后激活或抑制完成生物体最后发育的系统细胞过程。
    24. TH receptors are nuclear transcription factors that, through TH-binding, activate or repress specific target genes.
      TH受体是核转化因子,通过和TH结合,激活或者抑制特性行的靶基因。
    25. It does not do to repress negative thoughts, such as fears, angers, or resentment.
      压制负面的思想,比如恐惧、怒或仇恨是没有用的。
    26. Yet children, also fearing their parents'punishment and the loss of parental love, come to repress most aggressive impulses.
      然而,孩们又会因为害怕受到父母的处罚,担心失去父母的爱而压制了内心大部分的侵略性冲动。
    27. I could not repress a shiver whenever I thought of him.
      我一想到他就禁不住一阵哆嗦。
    28. We often repress questions and doubts when Jesus is more than willing to answer.
      我们经常会隐藏起心中的问题和疑惑,而主耶稣其实是非常愿意给我们解答的。
    29. Fourth, several methods that have been used to repress the deficit will soon be found to be unsustainable.
      原因之四是,为控制财政赤字而采用过的多种方法很快就将被证明为是不可持续的。

    英英释义

    verb

    1. block the action of

      1. put out of one's consciousness

          Synonym:    suppress

        1. conceal or hide
          1. smother a yawn
          2. muffle one's anger
          3. strangle a yawn

          Synonym:    smotherstiflestranglemuffle

        2. put down by force or intimidation
          1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
          2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
          3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

          Synonym:    quashkeep downsubduesubjugatereduce