Repress

[rɪ'pres] or [rɪ'prɛs]

解释:

(verb.) block the action of.

(verb.) 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'.

整理:默尔--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To press again.

(v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

(v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

(n.) The act of repressing.

手打:奥斯伯特

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Suppress, subdue, crush, quell, overpower, overcome, put down.[2]. Restrain, check, curb, bridle, control, chasten, rein in, sober down.

海勒姆手打

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Crush, quell, subdue, check, restrain, curb, overpower, mitigate, damp, calm,control

ANT:Raise, rouse, excite, agitate, aggravate, foment, intensify, foster, encourage,stimulate, incite, fan

约翰校对

解释:

v.t. to restrain quell—also n.—ns. Repress′er -or.—adj. Repress′ible that may be restrained.—adv. Repress′ibly.—n. Repres′sion act of repressing.—adj. Repress′ive tending or able to repress.—adv. Repress′ively.

v.t. to press a second time.—n. Repress′ing-machine′ a machine for making pressed bricks: a press for compressing cotton bales.

编辑:弗吉尼亚