vt.

1. 抑制，壓制；約束
   She repressed her desire to mention his name.

   她壓制住自己沒有提他的名字。

2. 鎮壓，平息；制止
   The military government repressed the striking workers.

   軍政府鎮壓了罷工的工人。

3. 【心】壓抑

vi.

1. 抑制；鎮壓

v.

1. subdue by force.
2. restrain, prevent, or inhibit.
   ▸suppress (a thought, feeling, or desire) in oneself so that it becomes or remains unconscious.
3. Biology  prevent the transcription of (a gene).