re·pres·sion
noun/rɪˈpreʃn/
/rɪˈpreʃn/
[uncountable]- the act of using force to control a group of people and limit their freedom
压制；镇压 - Peasant farmers face poverty and severe government repression.
农民面临贫困和政府的严厉镇压。 - They were fighting against repression and injustice in their country.
他们正在与自己国家的镇压和不公正作斗争。
Extra Examples- Streams of migrants are fleeing war, repression and poverty.
逃离战争、镇压和贫困的移民络绎不绝。 - The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup.
政变后工会遭到了残酷镇压。 - her attempts to combat censorship and political repression
她反抗审查制度和政治压制的努力 - repression against ethnic minorities
对少数民族的镇压 - repression by the state
国家的压制 - the religious repression during his rule
他统治期间采取的宗教压制 - There was a campaign of repression against minorities in the north.
曾发生过镇压北方少数民族的运动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- harsh
- massive
- …
- suffer
- suffer from
- subject somebody/something to
- …
- repression against
- repression by
- a target for repression
- a target of repression
- Peasant farmers face poverty and severe government repression.
- the act of controlling strong emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed so that they no longer seem to exist
抑制；克制；压抑 - sexual repression
性压抑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- sexual
- sexual repression