repress

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrepressre‧press /rɪˈpres/ verb [transitive] 1 to stop yourself from doing something you want to do Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him. I repressed a smile.2 HIDE/NOT SHOWif someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.3 CONTROLto control a group of people by force → suppress, oppress The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrepress• It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.• Not all that is unconscious is repressed, although all that is repressed is unconscious.• Some tendencies in human behaviour were encouraged, others repressed, and the results were both pleasant and unpleasant.• For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.• Other nations condemned the ruler for repressing dissent.• Their professional pride is to provide information, not repress it.• Denying or repressing sorrow often seems the easiest way out when confronted with death.• Either he had genuinely repressed what he knew or he refused to acknowledge it.Origin repress (1300-1400) Latin past participle of reprimere “to press back”, from premere; → PRESS2

单词	repress
释义	repress From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrepressre‧press /rɪˈpres/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 to stop yourself from doing something you want to do Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him. I repressed a smile.2 HIDE/NOT SHOWif someone represses upsetting feelings, memories etc, they do not allow themselves to express or think about them He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood.3 CONTROLto control a group of people by force → suppress, oppress The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrepress• It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.• Not all that is unconscious is repressed, although all that is repressed is unconscious.• Some tendencies in human behaviour were encouraged, others repressed, and the results were both pleasant and unpleasant.• For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.• Other nations condemned the ruler for repressing dissent.• Their professional pride is to provide information, not repress it.• Denying or repressing sorrow often seems the easiest way out when confronted with death.• Either he had genuinely repressed what he knew or he refused to acknowledge it.Origin repress (1300-1400) Latin past participle of reprimere “to press back”, from premere; → PRESS2
随便看	have no wish to do have no wish to do something have no/every intention of doing something have not a lot etc going for have not much lot etc going for have nothing a lot etc going for have nothing against have nothing against somebody/something have nothing better to do have nothing much lot etc going for have nothing on have nothing on somebody have nothing to do with have nothing to lose have nothing to lose but your pride etc have nothing to lose but your pride/reputation etc have nothing to lose but your reputation etc have nothing to say have nothing/not much/a lot etc going for somebody/something have nots have number have of have off pat have on have on