資料來源 : pyDict

鎮壓,抑制,壓制壓制

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.]
   To press again.

Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L.
   reprimere, repressum. Cf. {Reprimand}.]
   1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out;
      to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition
      or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

   2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

            Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou
            couldst repress.                      --Milton.

   Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell;
        curb; check.

Repress \Re*press"\, n.
   The act of repressing. [Obs.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

repress
     v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
          any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
          dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
          subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: {quash},
           {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
     2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
        "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle}, {muffle}]
     3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: {suppress}]