英语词汇“repress”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	repress
释义	re·press I. \rə̇ˈpres, rēˈp-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English repressen, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, repress — more at reprimand *transitive verb* 1. : to check by or as if by pressure : keep or hold in check : restrain from spreading, increasing, or doing harm : control, curb < obstruction of justice … is sternly repressed — Edward Jenks > < developed psychic interests … but then these were repressed by her parents — A.G.N.Flew > < law tended to foster rather than repress grammar — H.O.Taylor > < repress bleeding > 2. : to keep down or under by self-control : restrain oneself from expression (as by showing, feeling, or uttering) of : keep under control < could not repress a smile at the comical figure — Ellen Glasgow > < repressed the temptation to talk about it — Kathleen Freeman > < a remarkable ability to repress his home worries while on the job — W.H.Whyte > 3. a. : to reduce to subjection or quietness : put down by force : subdue < a hopeless undertaking … to try to repress such powerful subjects — H.T.Buckle > b. : to suppress by exercising force : put down : quell < the royal commissioners sent to repress the tumult — J.R.Green > 4. : to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of : cause repression of or in < chill penury repressed their noble rage — Thomas Gray > < natural instinct repressed by a perpetual stern control — Havelock Ellis > 5. : to exclude from consciousness : subject to repression < new experiential material … repressed in the personality to the level of the unconscious — H.W.Dunham > < repress conflicts > *intransitive verb* : to cause or bring about repression : take repressive action < the dominant minority's will to repress — A.J.Toynbee > < taboos against the gentler emotion force him to repress — Howard Griffin > II. \ˈrēˌpres\ noun : a machine for re-pressing brick III. transitive verb : to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site
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