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repress

英 [r?'pres] 美[r?'pr?s]
  • vt. 抑制;鎮(zhèn)壓(叛亂等);約束
  • vi. 抑制;鎮(zhèn)壓

英英釋意


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"
2. conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a yawn"
3. put out of one's consciousness