单词 | suppressed |
释义 | suppressed (once / 503 pages) adj If something is suppressed, it has been kept secret or forcibly restricted. You may hear rumors about a suppressed report on a politician's activities — it's kept secret, so you don't know the facts. It doesn't always take an outside force to make something suppressed — you can do it yourself. You might occasionally have a suppressed feeling of rage. (Psychiatrists, who are in the business of bringing such feelings to light, might frown on this.) Sometimes something that's suppressed is also oppressed — that is, harshly put down or brutally controlled, like a suppressed minority group. Both suppressed and oppressed come from the same Latin word, opprimere, meaning "to press against, or crush." WORD FAMILYsuppressed: suppressedly, unsuppressed+/suppress: suppressed, suppresser, suppresses, suppressing, suppression, suppressive, suppressor/suppresser: suppressers/suppression: suppressions/suppressor: suppressors USAGE EXAMPLESHe heard the distinct sound of a suppressed Mark 12, something between a metallic click and the snap of a whip. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Still, Harper compared a transgender woman with suppressed testosterone to a large model car with a small engine. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) The producer also denied that he suppressed leaked unaired footage or audio from Trump’s time on the show. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj held in check with difficulty suppressed laughter Syn smothered, stifled, strangled inhibited held back or restrained or prevented 2adj manifesting or subjected to suppression a suppressed press Syn silenced reduced to silence 3adj kept from public knowledge by various means; Syn|Ant burked suppressed quietly or indirectly hushed-up(used of information or news) kept secret by using influence quelled, quenched, squelchedsubdued or overcome unreleasednot (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication publicised, publicized made known; especially made widely known advertisedcalled to public attention heraldedpublicly announced promulgated, publishedformally made public |
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