单词 | repress |
释义 | repress v.tr.   1. a check; restrain; keep under; quell. b suppress; prevent from sounding, rioting, or bursting out.   2. Psychol. actively exclude (an unwelcome thought) from conscious awareness.   3. (usu. as repressed adj.) subject (a person) to the suppression of his or her thoughts or impulses. Derivatives represser n. repressible adj. repression n. repressive adj. repressively adv. repressiveness n. repressor n. Etymology: ME f. L reprimere (as RE-, premere PRESS(1)) |
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