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单词 pent-up
释义
pent-up
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌpentˈʌp/us
/ˌpentˈʌp/
Pent-upfeelingsare notallowedto beexpressedorreleased:
（感情）被压抑的，被抑制的
Screaming at thetopofyourvoiceis a good way ofventingpent-upfrustration.放开嗓子尖叫是发泄内心压抑的挫败感的一种好方法。
Synonym
repressed
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling emotions
  • blackmail
  • bottle
  • bottlesomethingup
  • brave
  • breaking point
  • cauterization
  • choke
  • compose
  • cork
  • dysregulation
  • emotional blackmailidiom
  • frustrated
  • get beyondsomething
  • get pastsomeone
  • put on a brave faceidiom
  • repress
  • repressed
  • self-possessed
  • self-possession
  • swallow
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(Definition ofpent-upfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pent-up| American Dictionary

pent-up
adjective
us
/ˈpentˈʌp/
(offeelings) notexpressedorreleased:
His pent-upangerandfrustrationburstforth.
(Definition ofpent-upfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

pent-up| Business English

pent-up
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌpentˈʌp/us
ECONOMICS
used todescribestrongdemandfor aproductthat has not had theopportunityof beingexpressedassales, forexamplebecauseconsumershave had too littlemoney:
Sales ofheavylorriesincreased,reflectingtheimprovementin theeconomyandpent-updemandfromdelayedpurchases.
(Definition ofpent-upfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpent-up

pent-up
Thispent-upforce of different charges is expressed in many ways and may explode, slip out consciously, or be withheld and maintained inside.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When something is an emotional trigger and creates an imbalance, thepent-upcharges demand attention and want to be released by crying.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A decline of ethnic tensions would be expected because, after an initial period in whichpent-uptensions are vented, a healthy set of nonconflictual coping mechanisms should develop.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This would be a result ofpent-up, suppressed or otherwise hidden ethnic tensions that come to the surface, or are reported more accurately in a situation of greater civil liberties.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Gowing interprets this extraordinary degree of female litigiousness as evidence of apent-updesire on the part of women to bring their moral concerns before the public.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Half the 3 million unemployed are under 25, many of them desolate and withpent-upemotions.
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Once freeze and severe restraint were over, there was an acute problem in dealing with thepent-upflood of claims and price increases.
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Perhaps this ispent-upfrustration bursting out after the greyness of a week's work which never varies in its rather soulless pattern.
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It becomes increasingly difficult to break out of that situation without stimulating an upsurge ofpent-updemands.
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It cannot be denied that there is an enormouspent-updemand for these refuges.
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There is apent-updemand for housing among young people who, when they obtain better work, will want to buy a house.
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They are obviously venting some of theirpent-upanxieties on their opponents.
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After all, are, not these meetings often a safety valve for thepent-upemotions of the people?
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Last year, because of the frustrations andpent-upemotions in the prisons, over £14 million was spent on putting right damage caused by riots and disruptions.
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It was accelerated by thepent-upflood of imports which came in late last year and early this year.
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