Repress

(verb.) block the action of.

(verb.) put down by force or intimidation; 'The government quashes any attempt of an uprising'; 'China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently'; 'The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land'.

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• Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Yes, ultimately, said Mrs. Garth, who having a special dislike to fine words on ugly occasions, could not now repress an epigram. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As she drew nearer I could not repress a wild cry of elation, for upon her bows I saw the device of Helium. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But Louisa spoils it all by trying to repress him and put herself forward. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I had been struggling with tears for some time: I had taken great pains to repress them, because I knew he would not like to see me weep. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Jessie, curb that tongue of yours, and repress your forwardness! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• For it is this that the Commission proposes to repress, and ultimately to annihilate. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Jo's face was very sober, but her eyes twinkled, and there was an odd sound in her voice of repressed emotion of some sort. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She was hurt and angry; but repressed herself in consideration of his suffering, and of his being her brother's friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He would have thought, even if there were no such design as that, had he brought him there to play with his repressed emotions, and torment him? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The repressed child said, Yes, I do, miss, and continued to stir the fire perfunctorily. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• My feelings will not be repressed. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The middle ages carefully repressed the minds of men, and hid away in dark recesses the instruments of learning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But I am sorry to say that Fred was under some difficulty in repressing a laugh, which would have been more unsuitable than his father's snuff-box. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She is repressing symptoms favourable to the fit when she seems to take alarm at something and vanishes down the stairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Please remember me, said Dorothea, repressing a rising sob. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Repressing an indignant look, indicative of anything but a disposition to excuse him, Silas pursues his point. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At this unexpectedly repressing manner in her lover the girl seemed to repress herself also. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Had she not been repressing everything in herself except the desire to enter into some fellowship with her husband's chief interests? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The lesson which he thus receives, makes him cautious; he leaves politics, represses his pride, and saves pence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• They become dangerous to a nation when it denies them, thwarts them and represses them so long that they burst out and become dominant. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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