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repress + noun phrase
repress后接宾语，表示压制或镇压某事物。
The government repressed the rebellion.
政府镇压了叛乱。
抑制；克制；忍住
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抑制；克制；忍住
to hold back or restrain (a feeling, urge, or reaction)
The government repressed the rebellion.
政府镇压了叛乱。
指有意识地压住情绪或冲动
镇压；压制。
To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
再按；重新压印。
To press again.
用武力或恐吓镇压
put down by force or intimidation
抑制；克制；阻止。
To check; to keep back.
repress
Base
原形
represses
3rd person
第三人称单数
repressing
-ing
现在分词
repressed
Past
过去式
repressed
Past participle
过去分词
The government represses dissent.
政府压制异议。
The dictator repressed the uprising.
独裁者镇压了起义。
She has repressed her emotions for years.
她多年来一直压抑自己的情感。
规则动词
She tried to repress her anger during the meeting.
她试图在会议期间抑制自己的愤怒。
The government brutally repressed the protest.
政府残酷地镇压了抗议活动。
He represses any memory of that traumatic event.
他压抑着对那件创伤事件的任何记忆。
repress后接宾语，表示压制或镇压某事物。
The government repressed the rebellion.
政府镇压了叛乱。
repress oneself表示克制自己的情绪或冲动。
She repressed her anger and remained calm.
她压抑住怒火，保持冷静。
被动结构表示受到压制。
The dissidents were repressed by the regime.
异见人士遭到政权的压制。
Not this
The government oppressed the rebellion.
Use this
The government repressed the rebellion.
用oppress表示‘镇压’是错误的，因为oppress指长期压迫，而repress指用武力镇压具体的反抗或情绪。学习者的错误通常源于中文‘压迫’与‘镇压’的混淆。
Not this
He repressed to express his feelings.
Use this
He repressed expressing his feelings.
repress后面应接动名词（-ing形式）而非不定式，因为repress是及物动词，宾语可以是动名词短语。中文母语者可能受‘抑制去做某事’的影响而误用不定式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
忍住笑容
He repressed a smile when he heard the joke.
他听到笑话时忍住没笑。
压抑怒火
She could not repress her anger at the insult.
她无法压抑自己听到侮辱后的愤怒。
压抑记忆
The therapy helped her deal with the painful memories she had repressed for years.
治疗帮助她处理了压抑多年的痛苦记忆。
镇压起义
The general was ordered to repress the uprising by any means.
将军受命不惜一切手段镇压起义。
压制异议
The government used censorship to repress dissent.
政府利用审查制度压制异议。
压抑自己的感情
He tried to repress his feelings for his colleague.
他试图压抑对同事的感情。
别压抑你自己。
When you feel angry, don't repress your feelings—talk about them.
感到生气时，不要压抑自己的情绪——说出来。
Use repress naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把“re+press”想成“再按一次”：像把弹簧或盖子反复按下去，把反抗、情绪或记忆压住。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面与文学语境、政治/历史（镇压反抗）、心理学/精神分析（压抑记忆、情感） repress 多用于正式、书面或专业语境，可指“镇压（反抗）”，也可指“抑制、压抑（情感或记忆）”。通常不用于日常随意口语。
以上单词都与 repress /riˈprɛs/ 押韵，因为重读音节都含 /prɛs/ 或 /ɛs/。注意：以 pre- 开头的词如 prefer /prɪˈfɜːr/、preserve /prɪˈzɜːrv/ 虽然拼写相似，但发音不同，不押韵。
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