| 释义 |
sup·pres·sion
\səˈpreshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin suppression-, suppressio, from suppressus (past participle of supprimere to suppress) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the action of suppressing or the state of being suppressed
< an excuse for slanting the news and for outright suppression of the facts — Liston Pope >
< the suppression of rebellion >
b. : an instance of suppressing
2.
a. : stoppage of a bodily function or a symptom
< suppression of urine secretion >
< suppression of a cough >
b. : the failure of development of a bodily part or organ
c. : retardation or stoppage of growth in a tree or its branches caused by insufficient light or nutrition — compare suppressed 2
3. : the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling — contrasted with repression
4. : the control of a forest fire after its discovery : the extinction and limitation of the spread of a forest fire |