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单词 repressive
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•pres•sive  (ri presiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. tending or serving to repress:repressive laws.
  • Latin repress(us) (see repress) + -īvus -ive
  • Medieval Latin repressīvus
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
re•pressive•ly, adv. 
re•pressive•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reˈpressive /rɪˈprɛsɪv/ adj
  1. acting to control, suppress, or restrain
  2. subjecting people, a society, etc, to a state of subjugation

reˈpressively adv reˈpressiveness n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•press /rɪˈprɛs/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. Psychologyto check or inhibit (actions or desires):repressed a sneeze.
  2. to hold down and control (persons) unfairly or evilly:to repress one's civil rights.
  3. Psychologyto keep down or hold back (memories, emotions, or impulses) unconsciously:to repress his fantasies.
re•pres•sion /rɪˈprɛʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
re•pres•sive, adj. See -press-.

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