re·press
verb/rɪˈpres/
/rɪˈpres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they repress | /rɪˈpres/ /rɪˈpres/ |
| he / she / it represses | /rɪˈpresɪz/ /rɪˈpresɪz/ |
| past simple repressed | /rɪˈprest/ /rɪˈprest/ |
| past participle repressed | /rɪˈprest/ /rɪˈprest/ |
| -ing form repressing | /rɪˈpresɪŋ/ /rɪˈpresɪŋ/ |
- repress something to try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc.
克制；压抑；抑制 - to repress a smile
忍住不笑 - He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury.
他冲了进来，毫不掩饰自己的愤怒。 - For years he had successfully repressed the painful memories of childhood.
多年来，他成功地压抑了童年的痛苦记忆。
Extra Examples- feelings that had been firmly repressed
被强烈抑制的情感 - They tend to hide their emotions and repress their desires.
他们往往会掩饰自己的情感并克制自己的欲望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- brutally
- harshly
- …
- try to
- be unable to
- to repress a smile
- [often passive] repress somebody/something to use political and/or military force to control a group of people and limit their freedom
压制；镇压 - The government was quick to repress any opposition.
政府迅速镇压一切反对势力。
Extra Examples- The organized opposition has been brutally repressed.
有组织的反抗遭到了残暴镇压。 - a country that systematically represses human rights
系统地压制人权的国家 - Unrest in Algeria was quickly repressed in May 1945.
1945 年 5 月，阿尔及利亚的骚乱很快得到镇压。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- brutally
- harshly
- …
- try to
- be unable to
- The government was quick to repress any opposition.
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’.