"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently" "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn" "muffle one's anger" "strangle a yawn"
put out of one's consciousness
block the action of
例句
用作动词(v.)
He could hardly repress his tears.他的眼泪都忍不住快要流下来了。
He could hardly repress a smile at her simplicity.见她如此天真，他都忍不住想笑了。
His childhood was repressed and solitary.他的童年是压抑而孤独的。
We repress the uprising with the help of the army.我们用军队来镇压暴动。
All protests are brutally repressed by the government as illegal.所有的抗议活动都遭到当局的野蛮镇压，并被宣布为非法。
