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long-repressed

🇬🇧 UK/lɒŋ-rɪ'prest/🇺🇸 US

Definitions

adj.

Kept down or suppressed for a long period of time

长期被压抑的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
longother
+
-other
+
reagain, back
+
presspress, squeeze
+
edpast tense / completed
=long-repressed

Common Collocations

  • 1.long-repressed emotion长期被压抑的情感
  • 2.[long-repressed] desire长期被压抑的欲望

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She finally expressed her long-repressed feelings about her childhood.

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