• vt. 抑制；鎮壓（叛亂等）；約束
• vi. 抑制；鎮壓

re-,向后，往回，press,按，壓。引申詞義克制，鎮壓等。

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.

他們對不愉快的想法不予理會，其結果僅僅是壓制了這些想法。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.

我忍不住發出一聲贊嘆。

來自柯林斯例句

3. People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares.

壓抑情感的人容易做噩夢。

來自柯林斯例句

4. to repress a smile

忍住不笑

來自《權威詞典》

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,甚至強壯的戰士也會因為提起他們而無法抑制的顫抖.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》