the act of using force to control a group of people and limit their freedom 压制;镇压 Peasant farmers face poverty and severe government repression. 农民面临贫困和政府的严厉镇压。 They were fighting against repression and injustice in their country. 他们在反对他们国家的压迫和不公正。
Extra ExamplesStreams of migrants are fleeing war, repression and poverty. 逃离战争、镇压和贫困的移民络绎不绝。 The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup. 政变后工会遭到了残酷镇压。 her attempts to combat censorship and political repression 她反抗审查制度和政治压制的努力 repression against ethnic minorities 对少数民族的镇压 repression by the state 国家的压制 the religious repression during his rule 他统治期间采取的宗教压制 There was a campaign of repression against minorities in the north. 曾发生过镇压北方少数民族的运动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- harsh
- massive
- …
- suffer
- suffer from
- subject somebody/something to
- …
- repression against
- repression by
- a target for repression
- a target of repression
the act of controlling strong emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed so that they no longer seem to exist 抑制;克制;压抑 sexual repression 性压抑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- sexual