"repress" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 壓抑
• 鎮壓

Definition

控制、壓制或抑制情感、情緒或行為，使其不被表達或察覺。也可以指用武力制止某事，例如抗議活動。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較正式用語，常用於心理學及政治。用於情感時多與 'anger', 'feelings', 'memories' 並用。指強制行動時多和 'protest', 'revolt' 搭配。別和 'suppress' 混淆，'suppress' 偏重於物理或資訊層面，'repress' 偏重心理或強制。

Examples

She tried to repress her laughter in class.

她試圖在課堂上**壓抑**自己的笑聲。

Some people repress painful memories to avoid feeling hurt.

有些人會**壓抑**痛苦的回憶以避免受傷。

The government tried to repress the protest.

政府試圖**鎮壓**抗議活動。

It's unhealthy to repress your feelings for a long time.

長期**壓抑**情感對健康不好。

He tends to repress anger instead of talking about it.

他傾向於**壓抑**憤怒而不是討論它。

You can't just repress problems—they usually come back up eventually.

你不能只是**壓抑**問題—它們最後通常會再出現。