Skip to main content

suppress

/suh-pres/US // səˈprɛs //UK // (səˈprɛs) //

镇压,打压,压制,抑制

Related Words

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put an end to the activities of: to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
    • : to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop.
    • : to keep in or repress.
    • : to withhold from disclosure or publication.
    • : to stop or arrest.
    • : to vanquish or subdue; quell; crush.
    • : Genetics. to keep from being expressed: Let's say that future genetic engineers discover a gene for suicidal depression, and learn how to suppress the gene or adjust it.
    • : Electricity. to reduce or eliminate in a circuit.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrestrain, hold in check
Forms: suppressed, suppresses, suppressing
Synonyms
abolish取消,废除,废止,撤消censor检查员,缄口不言,审查员,审查conceal掩盖,掩饰,隐瞒,隐蔽contain含有,包含,含,包含了cover up掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,隐瞒crack down on严厉打击,严打,打击,严惩crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子cut off截断,切断,斩断,断muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上overcome克服,攻克,战胜,克服困难overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒put an end to杜绝,杜绝了,消灭,废止put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quench熄灭,淬火,解渴,熄火repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑silence沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言snuff out熄灭,掐灭,掐死,掐灭了stamp out踩灭,踩踏,踩出,踩踏事件stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服withhold扣留,隐瞒,隐瞒不报,隐匿annihilate歼灭,全歼,剿灭,歼击bottle瓶子,瓶装,瓶状物,瓶burke伯克,布克,布尔克,布雷克check检查,检查一下clamp钳子,夹子,夹钳,钳制conquer征服,克服,征服者,攻克extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财overpower压倒,压倒性的,打倒,压倒一切shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声smother窒息,扼杀,封杀,闷死spike尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎stop停止,停下来,停,停住trample践踏,蹂躏,践行,踩踏beat down打倒,击倒,打倒了,殴打bring to naught弄坏,弄垮,弄坏了,弄垮了hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住hold down按住,按住不放,按着,压住hold in保持在,把握住了,把握住,持有的keep in保持在,保持keep secret保守秘密,秘而不宣,保密,隐瞒put kibosh on破坏,阻止,破坏了,拒绝接受put lid on盖上盖子,戴上盖子,盖好盖子,盖上盖头sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里

Examples

  • Hysteria in women, another excuse to suppress their sexuality, became shell-shock for men.

  • The goal of eliminating every smallpox case in the world, rather than just suppressing the virus, sounded implausibly lofty.

  • In December, The Post revealed a series of Huawei-linked surveillance products that were marketed as being able to suppress potential protests or predict individuals’ ethnicities.

  • Efficacy is a consideration for patients whose underlying cancer or treatment suppresses their immune systems.

  • In the movie, Wendy tells us the drug “suppressed my appetite and gave me all the chemical courage I thought I needed.”

  • Ironic, since it was originally meant to suppress sugar lust.

  • But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.

  • And, according to some research, higher insulin levels have been shown to suppress fat metabolism by up to 22 percent.

  • The AG and his allies have claimed that voter ID laws suppress black votes.

  • In the 21st century, however, we suppress the magic of it and succumb to the fear of it.

  • I do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.

  • A cry I was quite unable to suppress escaped me, and the creature turned on the instant and stared at me with baleful eyes.

  • I cannot suppress the sharp reply that springs to my lips: "The low servant girl is as good as you."

  • I could die now, but they would suppress my explanation, and the People thus remain ignorant of my aim and purpose.

  • Suppress with a single blow all the poetry in verse, or else speak with esteem of those who possess the secrets.