Repression
[rɪ'preʃən] or [rɪ'prɛʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of repressing; control by holding down; 'his goal was the repression of insolence'.
(noun.) (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
(noun.) a state of forcible subjugation; 'the long repression of Christian sects'.
手打:玛吉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
(n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Suppression.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Long periods of slowness and stagnation have alternated with shorter or longer periods of prolific growth, and these with seasons of slumber and repression. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Repression is the only lasting philosophy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- There is only one meaning in this: the Commission realized vaguely that repression is not even the first step to a cure. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- She is afraid I shall speak what will require some stern repression. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But there is the seed of an invention in it which might convert the police from mere agents of repression to kindly helpers in the mazes of a city. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Mine were days of wholesome repression, punishment, and fear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- But at the head of the report in black-faced type we read: Constant and persistent repression of prostitution the immediate method; absolute annihilation the ultimate ideal. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- What the Commission advocates is the constant repression and the ultimate annihilation of a mode of life which refuses discovery and measurement. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- What turn,' said Bradley, with an effort at self-repression that forced him to wipe his face, 'did his insolence take to-day? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- So long as the state is conceived merely as an agent of repression, the less it interferes with our lives, the better. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- No emotional appeal is made for them as there is for the repressions. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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