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repress

ri'pres10 senses · 97 ms
Level C1考研TOEFL
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verb/ɹəˈpɹɛs/
  1. 1

    To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.transitive

    • to repress rebellion or sedition
    • to repress the first risings of discontent
  2. 2

    To check; to keep back.broadlytransitive

    • Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,
verb
  1. 1

    To press again.

    • to repress a vinyl record
noun
  1. 1

    A record pressed again; a repressing.

    • Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.

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