repress

英 [r?'pres] 美[r?'pr?s]

反義詞

TEM8TOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?represses;過(guò)去式:?repressed;過(guò)去分詞:?repressed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?repressing;

repress 克制，壓制，鎮(zhèn)壓

re-,向后，往回，press,按，壓。引申詞義克制，鎮(zhèn)壓等。

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.

1. By pushing aside unpleasant thoughts they merely repress these thoughts.: 他們對(duì)不愉快的想法不予理會(huì)，其結(jié)果僅僅是壓制了這些想法。

3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.: 壓抑情感的人容易做噩夢(mèng)。

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(qiáng)壯的戰(zhàn)士也會(huì)因?yàn)樘崞鹚麄兌鵁o(wú)法抑制的顫抖.