transitive. To control or keep in check (something undesirable, in early use esp. a sin); (esp. of something immaterial) to cause or allow (a…
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > prevent from free course or development (5) repressa1413 transitive. To control or keep in check (something undesirable, in early use esp. a sin); (esp. of something immaterial) to cause or allow (a… snub1583 To check or restrain (a thing); to prevent from having free course or development. Obsolete. smothera1616 To cover up so as to prevent from having free play or development; to suppress or check in this way. stranglea1616 figurative with various notions. To prevent the growth or rise of; to hamper or destroy by excessive restrictions; to suppress. Also with off. throttle1825 transitive. To constrain to a damaging degree; to hinder, inhibit, thwart; to crush, destroy. |
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