late 14c., noun of action from repress (v.), or else from Medieval Latin repressionem (nominative repressio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reprimere. Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957.
雙語例句
1. This argument is only too blatantly an alibi for domestic repression.
這一辯解完全是在為國內(nèi)的鎮(zhèn)壓活動(dòng)開脫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Repression made him behave worse.
受抑制使他表現(xiàn)得更糟.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In a very real sense, post - war repression was the continuation of the war.