repress
英 [rɪ'pres]
美[rɪ'prɛs]
- vt. 抑制；镇压（叛乱等）；约束
- vi. 抑制；镇压
英英释意
- 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"
- 2. conceal or hide;
- "smother a yawn"
- "muffle one's anger"
- "strangle a yawn"
- 3. put out of one's consciousness