late 14c., noun of action from repress (v.), or else from Medieval Latin repressionem (nominative repressio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reprimere. Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957.
雙語例句
1. This argument is only too blatantly an alibi for domestic repression.
這一辯解完全是在為國內的鎮壓活動開脫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Repression made him behave worse.
受抑制使他表現得更糟.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In a very real sense, post - war repression was the continuation of the war.
就真正意義上來說, 戰后經濟衰退就是戰爭的繼續.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Consequently he threw Carrie into repression, which was irritating.