repress
verb · nounB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
to repress rebellion or sedition
to repress the first risings of discontent
Đồng nghĩa: crush, put down, quell, subdue, suppress, tread
- 2.
(broadly, transitive)(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
Đồng nghĩa: restrain, hold back, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, check, inhibit, contain, vanquish, cork, curb, bury, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, hold back, hold down, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, subdue, suppress, throttle, underbring, withhold, withstrain
- 3.
To press again.
to repress a vinyl record
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A record pressed again; a repressing.
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Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (to repress).