sup.press

suppress的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [səˈpres]
KK音标发音： [səˈprɛs]

suppress的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
镇压；制服

2. To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
抑制：减少或禁止…的活动

3. To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
禁止发行：禁止发表、出版或发行

4. To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
驱除：有意将（不可接受的愿望或思想）从脑中驱除出去

5. To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check:
抑制：抑制表情（如由于感情冲动的）；限制：

suppress a smile.
忍住笑容

6. To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or a cough, for example); arrest.
减低（严重性），阻碍：忍住（如出血或咳嗽）的发生率或严重程度；抑制

suppress的词源：

7. Middle English suppressen
中古英语 suppressen

8. from Latin supprimere suppress-
源自 拉丁语 supprimere suppress-

9. sub- [sub-]
sub- [前缀，表“附属”]

10. premere [to press] * see per- ⁴
premere [挤压] *参见 per- ⁴

suppress的词性：
n.（名词）

suppress的词性：
adj.（形容词）

suppress， stifle， repress

11. These verbs mean to hold in check something requiring or struggling to find an outlet.
这些动词表示抑制需要找到发泄途径的某事。

12. Suppress suggests the exercise of force that drastically inhibits or crushes:
Suppress 表示使用力量来激烈地禁止或镇压：

“There is the world of ideas and the world of practice; the French are often for suppressing the one and the English the other; but neither is to be suppressed” (Matthew Arnold). To stifle is to keep back something, such as an impulse or an emotion, as if by smothering it:
“存在着一个思想的世界和一个行动的世界；法国人通常赞成压制前一个世界，而英国人则赞成压制后一个；但是两者都不会被压制住的” （马修·阿诺德）。Stifle 就是好像闷熄般抑制住某物，如冲动或情感：

“This was a sinful curiosity, and I stifled it to the best of my ability” (John Galt).
“这种好奇心是罪恶的，我尽了我最大的力量来抑制它” （约翰·盖尔特）。

13. Repress often implies keeping something under control by an act of volition:
Repress 通常表示以意志力来控制某事：

“To save his life he could not repress a chuckle” (Booth Tarkington).
为了救他的命，他情不自禁地轻声笑起来： （希斯·塔尔金顿）