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单词 suppress
释义 sup·press
I. \səˈpres\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English suppressen, from Latin suppressus, past participle of supprimere to press under, suppress, from sub- + premere to press — more at press
1.
 a. : to put down or out of existence by or as if by authority, force, or pressure : subdue
  < the incipient uprising had been completely suppressed — S.G.Inman >
 b. : to force into impotence or obscurity
 c. : to extinguish by prohibiting, dissolving, or dispersing
  < empowered the governments to … suppress all opposition parties — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich >
2. : to keep from public knowledge: as
 a. : to refrain from divulging : leave undisclosed
  < a famous penal institution the name of which I prefer to suppress — Henry Miller >
 b. : to prohibit or interdict the publication or revelation of : cause to be withheld or withdrawn from circulation
  < foreign correspondent's copy is not censored, but certain news is suppressed — R.H.Sollen >
  < union halls were closed, papers suppressed — Meridel Le Sueur >
3.
 a. : to exclude from consciousness
  < the satisfaction of a suppressed creative wish — T.S.Eliot >
  < they ought when thus … suppressed to give some sign in disorder of the conscious life — Havelock Ellis >
 b. : to keep from giving vent to : hold back
  < it has been hard to suppress the question — Reporter >
  < disciplined to suppress his personal impulses — Green Peyton >
4. obsolete : to press down : compress
5. obsolete : rape
6.
 a. : to stop or check the flow of : arrest the discharge of
  < suppress a cough >
  < suppress a hemorrhage >
 b. : to inhibit the growth or development of : cause to become abortive or vestigial : stunt
  < growth of an apical bud usually suppresses that of adjacent lateral buds >
Synonyms: see crush
II. transitive verb
: to inhibit the genetic expression of
 < suppress a mutation >
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