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Repressed Emotions Desires Person 英 Rɪ'Prest] 美 Rɪ'Prest Adj.感情被压抑的;不能公开表达的

英语单词 repressed
英美音标 英 [rɪ'prest] 美 [rɪ'prest]
中文释义 adj.感情被压抑的;不能公开表达的
动词repress的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) His childhood was repressed and solitary.
(2) Repressed rage turned his face scarlet.
(3) Their repressed emotions were ignited by her fiery speech.
中文例句 (1) 他的童年是压抑而孤独的。
(2) 压抑的愤怒使他的脸通红。
(3) 她火爆的发言激起了他们压抑的情绪。
vocabulary简明 If something is repressed, it's restrained or held in. You may be full of repressed anger toward your brother over that terrifying incident from 4 years ago involving the frog and your hooded sweatshirt.
vocabulary扩展 The adjective repressed often describes emotions or desires, especially those that could be considered shameful or distressing. When an emotion is repressed, you hold it inside so you don’t have to show how you feel. Sometimes you aren’t consciously aware that you're doing it. You might not even realize that you have a repressed longing for that cute guy in math class. A person who has many of these pent-up feeling is said to be repressed.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](感情、欲望,尤指性欲)被压抑的,受到抑制的 A repressed person is someone who does not allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires, especially sexual ones.
  • Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed and inhibited.

    一些人谴责说清教徒的性欲受到压抑,并且个性拘谨。

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