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sup·press AHD[sə-prĕsʹ] D.J.[səˈpres]K.K.[səˈprɛs]v.tr.（及物动词）sup.pressed, sup.press.ing, sup.press.es - To put an end to forcibly; subdue.镇压；制服
- To curtail or prohibit the activities of.抑制：减少或禁止…的活动
- To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.禁止发行：禁止发表、出版或发行
- To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.驱除：有意将（不可接受的愿望或思想）从脑中驱除出去
- To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check:抑制：抑制表情（如由于感情冲动的）；限制：suppress a smile.忍住笑容
- To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or a cough, for example); arrest.减低（严重性），阻碍：忍住（如出血或咳嗽）的发生率或严重程度；抑制
- Middle English suppressen 中古英语 suppressen
- from Latin supprimere suppress- 源自 拉丁语 supprimere suppress-
- sub- [sub-] sub- [前缀，表“附属”]
- premere [to press] * see per- 4premere [挤压] * 参见 per- 4
suppressʹant n.（名词）suppressʹible adj.（形容词）suppress, stifle, repress- These verbs mean to hold in check something requiring or struggling to find an outlet.这些动词表示抑制需要找到发泄途径的某事。
- Suppress suggests the exercise of force that drastically inhibits or crushes: Suppress 表示使用力量来激烈地禁止或镇压： "There is the world of ideas and the world of practice;the French are often for suppressing the one and the English the other;but neither is to be suppressed" (Matthew Arnold).Tostifle is to keep back something, such as an impulse or an emotion, as if by smothering it: “存在着一个思想的世界和一个行动的世界；法国人通常赞成压制前一个世界，而英国人则赞成压制后一个；但是两者都不会被压制住的” （马修·阿诺德）。Stifle 就是好像闷熄般抑制住某物，如冲动或情感： "This was a sinful curiosity,and I stifled it to the best of my ability" (John Galt).“这种好奇心是罪恶的，我尽了我最大的力量来抑制它” （约翰·盖尔特）。
- Repress often implies keeping something under control by an act of volition: Repress 通常表示以意志力来控制某事： "To save his life he could not repress a chuckle" (Booth Tarkington).为了救他的命，他情不自禁地轻声笑起来： （希斯·塔尔金顿）
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