repression
UK/rɪ'preʃən/US/ri'preʃәn/
考研B2
释义
n.
The act of controlling people by force; the unconscious blocking of painful feelings
镇压;(心理)压抑
词根拆分
词根派生repress(往回压)的名词——用武力的政治压制,或心理上把痛苦情绪压回意识之外。
词根 press 还连着 89 个词常用搭配
- 1.political repression政治压制
- 2.state repression国家镇压
- 3.sexual repression性压抑
- 4.repression of dissent压制异见
例句
- 1.
The protesters faced brutal state repression.
抗议者遭到了残酷的国家镇压。
- 2.
Freud linked many neuroses to childhood repression.
弗洛伊德把许多神经症与童年压抑联系起来。