repress
英 [r?'pres]
美[r?'pr?s]
- vt. 抑制；鎮壓（叛亂等）；約束
- vi. 抑制；鎮壓
TEM8TOEFL低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?represses;過去式:?repressed;過去分詞:?repressed;現在分詞:?repressing;
中文詞源
repress 克制，壓制，鎮壓
re-,向后，往回，press,按，壓。引申詞義克制，鎮壓等。
英文詞源
- repress
- repress: see press
- repress (v.)
- late 14c., "to check, restrain," from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere "hold back, curb," figuratively "check, confine, restrain, refrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + premere "to push" (see press (v.1)).
Used of feelings or desires from late 14c.; in the purely psychological sense, it represents German verdr?ngen (Freud, 1893), first attested 1904 (implied in repressed). Meaning "to put down" (a rebellion, etc.) is from late 15c. Related: Repressed; repressing.
雙語例句
- 1. By pushing aside unpleasant thoughts they merely repress these thoughts.
- 他們對不愉快的想法不予理會，其結果僅僅是壓制了這些想法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
- 我忍不住發出一聲贊嘆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.
- 壓抑情感的人容易做噩夢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. to repress a smile
- 忍住不笑
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.
- 他們的貪食是傳奇性的,甚至強壯的戰士也會因為提起他們而無法抑制的顫抖.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》