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re·press
To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.
To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.
Psychology. To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.
Biology. To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.
v. intr.
To take repressive action.
re·press (r-prs)
To hold back by an act of volition.
To exclude something from the conscious mind.
sup·press
To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check: suppress a smile.
To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or cough, for example); arrest.
repressは
(コントロールを失う前に反乱を)鎮圧する
(感情を)抑える
suppress
強制的に終わらせる
(活動を)縮小,禁止する
(事実などを)隠す
(感情などを)抑える
(症状を)抑える
強制的に終わらせる(suppress)と
(コントロールを失う前に反乱を)鎮圧する(repress)
を比べるとsuppressの方が強いと思います。
(感情などを)抑えるの方は少し 記述が両者で違いますね。
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