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suppressive

US // (səˈprɛsɪv) //

抑制性,镇压性,压制性,镇压性的

Related Words

repressive压制性,镇压性,压迫性,压制性的stifling令人窒息的,压抑的,压抑,窒息withholding预扣,预提,预扣款,预扣的censoring审查,删减,检查,审查问题covering up掩饰,掩盖,遮掩,遮盖curbing路缘石,路边,路缘,遏制holding back扣留,扣押,扣住不放,扣压muffling消音,消声,消声器,消声匿迹quelling熄灭,灭火,熄火,灭火器repressing压抑的,压迫性的,压迫性,压制silencing沉默,消音,缄默,消声subduing镇压,压服,征服,抑制

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending or acting to suppress; involving suppression
    • : psychiatry tending to prevent the expression of certain of one's desires or to resist the emergence of mental symptoms

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.suppressing
Synonyms
censoring审查,删减,检查,审查问题covering up掩饰,掩盖,遮掩,遮盖curbing路缘石,路边,路缘,遏制holding back扣留,扣押,扣住不放,扣压muffling消音,消声,消声器,消声匿迹quelling熄灭,灭火,熄火,灭火器repressive压制性,镇压性,压迫性,压制性的silencing沉默,消音,缄默,消声stifling令人窒息的,压抑的,压抑,窒息subduing镇压,压服,征服,抑制withholding预扣,预提,预扣款,预扣的

Examples

  • As Gyatso wrote in his letter, “Tibetan treasures of gold and silver have been looted under suppressive Chinese law.”

  • Soon, Miscavige pushed out Broeker and declared him an unwanted “Suppressive.”

  • Suppressive person – officially, a person with sociopathic tendencies or behaviors.

  • Was it Alexander or his court and ministers who bore the responsibility for the suppressive means that were employed?

  • It is in the early stage that sequestration and suppressive measures are most valuable.

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