repression
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·pres·sion /rɪˈpreʃən/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 1 MPCONTROLwhen someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones – used when you think someone should express these feelings 〔对性爱或性欲等羞于表达的感情或欲望的〕抑制，克制，压抑 sexual repression 性压抑repression of the repression of desire 欲望的克制2 CONTROLcruel and severe control of a large group of people 镇压 → suppression, oppressionrepression of brutal repression of members of the Communist party 对共产党员的残酷镇压
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repression• And even among the scrupulously neutral, there were those who spoke against the inequality and repression which inspired the fighting.• In spite of consistent repression, they produced five children.• Are we that nostalgic for repression?• The prison system became, by default, a major enforcer of repression.• She had not even attracted any positive repression, nor been significant enough to affect her husband's career.• During Stalin's repressions, countless people were sent to labor camps and starved to death.• Religious ideas about sin made sexual repression commonplace.• Indeed the repression of anger can be positively harmful.• But tensions continued as victims of the repression took revenge against the cadres who had persecuted them.re·pres·sion nounChineseSyllable
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repression
re‧pres‧sion /rɪˈpreʃən/
noun [uncountable and countable]
1. when someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones – used when you think someone should express these feelings:
sexual repression
repression of
the repression of desire
2. cruel and severe control of a large group of people ⇨ suppression, oppression
repression of
brutal repression of members of the Communist party
re‧pres‧sion /rɪˈpreʃən/
noun [uncountable and countable]1. when someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones – used when you think someone should express these feelings:
repression of
2. cruel and severe control of a large group of people ⇨ suppression, oppression
repression of