suppress

1. V-T If someone in authority suppresses an activity, they prevent it from continuing, by using force or making it illegal. 鎮壓; 壓制

...drug traffickers, who continue to flourish despite international attempts to suppress them. …盡琯全世界努力鎮壓卻繼續猖獗的毒販子們。

2. suppressionN-UNCOUNT 鎮壓; 壓制

...people who were imprisoned after the violent suppression of the pro-democracy movement protests. …贊成民主的抗議活動受暴力鎮壓後被囚禁的人們。

3. V-T If a natural function or reaction of your body is suppressed, it is stopped, for example by drugs or illness. 抑制 (身躰功能或反應)

The reproduction and growth of the cancerous cells can be suppressed by bombarding them with radiation. 癌細胞的繁殖和生長可通過放射線輻射加以抑制。

4. suppressionN-UNCOUNT 抑制

Eye problems can indicate an unhealthy lifestyle with subsequent suppression of the immune system. 眼睛問題表明一種不健康的生活方式以及隨後免疫系統所受的抑制。

5. V-T If you suppress your feelings or reactions, you do not express them, even though you might want to. 抑制 (情感或反應)

Liz thought of Barry and suppressed a smile. 利玆想到了巴裡，強忍住一個微笑。

6. suppressionN-UNCOUNT 抑制

A mother's suppression of her own feelings can cause problems. 一位母親對她自己情感的壓抑可能會導致問題。

7. V-T If someone suppresses a piece of information, they prevent other people from learning it. 封鎖

At no time did they try to persuade me to suppress the information. 他們從未試圖勸我封鎖這個消息。

8. suppressionN-UNCOUNT 封鎖

The inspectors found no evidence which supported any allegation of suppression of official documents. 這些檢察官們找不到証據証明對封鎖官方文件的任何指控。

9. V-T If someone or something suppresses a process or activity, they stop it continuing or developing. 阻止 (活動); 抑制 (過程)

The government is suppressing inflation by increasing interest rates. 政府正通過提高利率來抑制通貨膨脹。