Word · Frequency #8868
suppression
发育不全；不发育
suppression
医学/生物学中指器官或组织未能正常发育，不同于“压制、镇压”。
- 1.
The act or instance of suppressing.
压制或抑制的行为或实例。
- 2.
the failure to develop some part or organ
部分或器官发育不全
- 3.
The state of being suppressed.
被压制或被抑制的状态。
- 4.
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
扣留或撤回出版发行的行为
- 5.
A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
人有意识地排除引起焦虑的想法、情感或记忆的过程。
- 6.
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
强力遏制；权威镇压
- 7.
The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
旨在阻止或防止敌方进行射击、重新集结、观察等不受欢迎活动的所有行动的总称。
- 8.
A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.
人的大脑为消除斜视、集合不足和影像不等这类双眼视觉障碍症状而进行的潜意识适应。
压制或抑制的行为或实例。；部分或器官发育不全；被压制或被抑制的状态。；扣留或撤回出版发行的行为；人有意识地排除引起焦虑的想法、情感或记忆的过程。
In use
The doctor explained that the suppression of one kidney is not always dangerous.
Suppression of the teeth can happen when the jaw is very small.
His rare condition was caused by the suppression of both arms in the womb.
a suppression of the newspaper
the suppression of heresy
suppression of sth
suppression of + 名词，表示‘对……的抑制/镇压’。
The suppression of dissent is common in authoritarian regimes.
在威权政权中，压制异议是常见的。
political/social/emotional suppression
形容词修饰 suppression，表示特定领域的压制。
Connections
Collocations
- suppression of dissent
- 压制异议
- The government's suppression of dissent led to widespread protests.政府对异议的压制引发了广泛的抗议。
- cough suppression
- 止咳
- This medication is effective for cough suppression.这种药物对止咳有效。
- fire suppression
- 灭火
- The building is equipped with an automatic fire suppression system.该建筑配备了自动灭火系统。
- immune suppression
- 免疫抑制
- Long-term immune suppression can increase the risk of infections.长期免疫抑制会增加感染风险。
- tumor suppression
- 肿瘤抑制
- The gene plays a key role in tumor suppression.该基因在肿瘤抑制中起关键作用。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
词中藏‘press’（压），想象用压力机压住一切，即是‘抑制、镇压’。记住‘压’就记住了词义。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：political、legal 通常用于正式或书面语境，表示权力机构对言论、行为等的压制或禁止。
Grammar Note
可数或不可数，常与of连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -pression (depression, impression, compression, oppression, repression) rhyme with suppression, all stressed on the second syllable with the same vowel /ɛ/ and ending /ʃən/. Note that -ssion words like 'session' share a similar spelling ending but stress the first syllable and do not rhyme.
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.