suppress
suppress 英 [səˈpres] 美 [səˈprɛs]
vt. 抑制；镇压
进行时:suppressing 过去式:suppressed 过去分词:suppressed 第三人称单数:suppresses
- To suppress something means to curb, inhibit, or even stop it. If the sound of your boss moving in his chair sounds like gas, you’re going to have to learn how to suppress your giggles.
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- vt. 抑制；镇压
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1. The rebellion was brutally suppressed.
叛乱遭到了残酷的镇压。
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2. The police were accused of suppressing vital evidence.
警方被指隐瞒关键证据。
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3. to suppress a smile
忍住没笑
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4. She was unable to suppress her anger.
她按捺不住怒火。
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5. drugs that suppress the appetite
抑制食欲的药
- suppress (v.) late 14c. (implied in suppressing) "be burdensome;" 1520s as "put down by force or authority," from Latin suppressus, past participle of supprimere "press down, stop, hold back, check, stifle," from assimilated form of sub "below, under" (see sub-) + premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress" (from PIE root *per- (4) "to strike"). Sense of "prevent or prohibit the circulation of" is from 1550s of publications; medical use from 1620s. Related: Suppressed; suppressing.
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