| 单词 | repression |
| 释义 | repression (rɪpreʃən ) Word forms: repressions 1. uncountable noun Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people. [disapproval] ...a society conditioned by violence and repression. ...the repressions of the 1930s. Synonyms: subjugation, control, constraint, domination 2. uncountable noun Repression of feelings, especially sexual ones, is a person's unwillingness to allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires. ...the repression of his feelings about men. [+ of] Collocations: internal repression It was a state choked by internal repression for 42 years, where an alternative government - and an army - has been begun from scratch. Times, Sunday Times There will be an arms embargo and an 'export ban on internal repression equipment'. Times, Sunday Times They will not sell arms that can be used for internal repression. Times, Sunday Times Under so-called 'consolidated criteria', exports must be refused if they could be used for internal repression, to provoke or prolong armed conflict, or used aggressively against another country. Times, Sunday Times It was at this prison where internal repression operations were centralized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can choose ever more violent repression, which can only ever bring short-term security. The Sun Regimes can try to put people power down by violent repression and censorship. Times, Sunday Times Violent repression in an individual turns him, potentially, violently repressive. Times, Sunday Times Another powerful tactic of nonviolent intervention invokes public scrutiny of the oppressors as a result of the resisters remaining nonviolent in the face of violent repression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 镇压 Japanese: 弾圧 |
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