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单词 repress
释义
repress
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈpres/us
/rɪˈpres/
to notallowsomething,especiallyfeelings, to beexpressed:
压抑，压制，克制（尤指感情）
He repressed asuddendesiretocry.他突然想哭，但他控制住了自己。
tocontrolwhatpeopledo,especiallyby usingforce
（尤指用武力）镇压，压制，制止
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(Definition ofrepressfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

repress| American Dictionary

repress
verb[T]
us
/rɪˈpres/
topreventfeelings,desires, orideasfrom beingexpressed:
In the end, it wasimpossibleto repress heremotions.
Thegovernmentrepressed allreportsfrom theregion.

repressed

adjectiveus
/rɪˈprest/
repressedmemories

repression

noun[U]us
/rɪˈpreʃ·ən/
Thereportdealtwith the repression ofcivillibertiesduring theperiod.

repressive

adjectiveus
/rɪˈpres·ɪv/
Themilitaryregimewas repressive andcorrupt.
(Definition ofrepressfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepress

repress
All other imprinted genes in this cluster are paternally repressed, some ubiquitously and others in the placenta.
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At times, they seem to require sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, and discourse analysts to reinvent themselves as field psychoanalysts, ascribing repressed desires to those they study.
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Rather, it is useful because it presents quite frankly the symptoms of generic uncertainty that are repressed (but rarely entirely absent) in the "typical" case.
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The process of rationalization is one of several defense mechanisms against the consequences of guilty thought and feelings having been repressed into the unconscious.
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Paradoxically, the full seriousness of the story's engagement with the uncanny and the repressed is released only when it is read as parody.
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If the memory is repressed then it goes unrehearsed, at least consciously.
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Finally, people may believe that a particular traumatic event occurred and was repressed when, in fact, it did not happen in the first place.
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The group discussions corroborate previous insights by attesting that conflict in public discussion is generally latent and often repressed.
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We have become so concerned with material achievement that these instinctive life forces which are responsible for true happiness have been ignored or repressed.
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Between 1964 and 1974 a repressed and demoralised opposition could not muster the strength to challenge the military.
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Her signature chord has deferred, even repressed, her need to take this position, but has also guaranteed it.
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If one group or leader is repressed, the network itself continues to function.
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In this symbolic space the repressed, unconscious passions of early childhood become manifest in secondary forms.
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In fact, the passions kindled by the sight of difference are depicted as so offensive, frightening, and unacceptable, that they have to be repressed.
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The government controls and represses the rural masses, which heavily depend on public services for their daily survival.
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