| 释义 |
self-reˈpression
[self- 1 a.]
Repression of oneself, one's desires, opinions, etc. So self-reˈpressed, self-reˈpressing ppl. adjs., characterized by self-repression.
1870Dickens E. Drood xix, Rosa, I am *self-repressed again.
1904W. M. Rossetti in Chr. Rossetti's Poems Pref. p. x, One finds in her verse a noticeable combination of the outspoken with the *self-repressing.
1866Ch. Times 27 Jan., His whole official career has displayed a capacity for *self-repression which [etc.]. 1890Henty With Lee in Virg. ii, The habitual self-repression of a slave. |