repress
verb- repress something
to try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc. 克制；壓抑；抑制 to repress a smile 忍住不笑 He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury. 他沖了進來，毫不掩飾自己的憤怒。 For years he had successfully repressed the painful memories of childhood. 多年來，他成功地壓抑了童年的痛苦記憶。
Extra Examplesfeelings that had been firmly repressed 被強烈抑制的情感 They tend to hide their emotions and repress their desires. 他們往往會掩飾自己的情感並克制自己的欲望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- brutally
- harshly
- …
- try to
- be unable to
- [often passive] repress somebody/something
to use political and/or military force to control a group of people and limit their freedom 壓制；鎮壓 The government was quick to repress any opposition. 政府迅速鎮壓一切反對勢力。
Extra ExamplesThe organized opposition has been brutally repressed. 有組織的反抗遭到了殘暴鎮壓。 a country that systematically represses human rights 系統地壓制人權的國家 Unrest in Algeria was quickly repressed in May 1945. 阿爾及利亞的動亂在1945年5月被迅速鎮壓。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- brutally
- harshly
- …
- try to
- be unable to
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘keep back something objectionable’): from Latin repress- ‘pressed back, checked’, from the verb reprimere, from re- ‘back’ + premere ‘to press’.