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单词 pent-up
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pent-upadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˌpentˈʌp/us/ˌpentˈʌp/

Pent-up feelings are not allowed to be expressed or released:

Screaming at the top of your voice is a good way of venting pent-up frustration.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Controlling emotions

  • bottle
  • bottle sth up
  • brave
  • breaking point
  • choke
  • choke sth back
  • collected
  • compose
  • cork
  • emotional blackmail idiom
  • frustrated
  • give voice to sth idiom
  • gulp sth back
  • harden
  • repress
  • repressed
  • self-possession
  • steadily
  • swallow
  • temper

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pent-upadjective

us/ˈpentˈʌp/

(of feelings) not expressed or released:

His pent-up anger and frustration burst forth.

pent-upadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˌpentˈʌp/us

ECONOMICS used to describe strong demand for a product that has not had the opportunity of being expressed as sales, for example because consumers have had too little money:

Sales of heavy lorries increased, reflecting the improvement in the economy and pent-up demand from delayed purchases.
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