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TOEFL BNC: 14291 COCA: 13023

repress

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re·press /rɪˈpres/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT]
1 to stop yourself from doing something you want to do 忍住,克制
Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.
布倫達克制住想對他吼的沖動。
I repressed a smile.
我忍住不笑。
2 HIDE/NOT SHOWif someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them 壓抑,克制,抑制〔痛苦的情感、回憶等〕
He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.
他長久壓抑着兒時的痛苦記憶。
3 CONTROLto control a group of people by force 鎮壓,壓制 suppress, oppress
The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.
警方因爲他們在鎮壓抗議活動時所扮演的角色而廣受批評。
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Origin repress
(1300-1400) Latin past participle of reprimere to press back, from premere; → PRESS2
re·press verb
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