re·press /rɪˈprɛs/
(vt.)鎮壓,抑制,壓製(vi.)壓製
re·press /rɪˈprɛs/ 及物動詞
抑制,鎮壓
Re·press v. t. To press again.
Re·press v. t.
1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . .
Thou couldst repress. --Milton.
Syn: -- To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.
Re·press, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.]
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repress
v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: quash,
keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle]
3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress]