repress
gb/ɹipɹˈɛs/ us/ɹipɹˈɛs/
B2
英語
~ 9600
語義
0件の語義
動詞
B2
action
1
deliberately hold back feelings
to control strong feelings or desires so that you do not show them or act on them
用法パターン：
to repress [emotion/impulse]
よくある間違い：
Learners often confuse "repress" with "depress" and "oppress". "Repress" means to hold back feelings or actions; "depress" is usually about making someone sad or reducing something; "oppress" is about treating people in a cruel or unfair way. Many situations can use "suppress" instead of "repress"; "suppress" is more common and slightly more general in everyday English.
類義語
suppress (Very close in meaning, but slightly more formal and common in written English; can also sound more clinical.)
対義語
express (Focuses on showing or communicating feelings openly, which is the opposite of holding them back.)
コロケーション
repress anger
|repress emotions
|repress feelings
|repress an impulse
|repress a smile
|repress the urge
テーマ
emotions
|psychology
|behavior
|core_vocabulary
例文
- He tried to repress his anger during the meeting.
- She could not repress a smile when she heard the news.
- Many people are taught to repress their sadness instead of talking about it.
- He instinctively repressed the urge to shout back.
- They had learned to repress their true feelings around their parents.
学習者向け例文
- He repressed his anger and stayed quiet.
- She repressed her tears until she was alone.
- I tried to repress my fear of flying.
- They repress their feelings at work.
- She could not repress a laugh.
動詞
formal
B2
action
2
control people or protests by force
to use power or force to stop a group, protest, or idea from acting or spreading
用法パターン：
to repress [group/activity/opposition]
よくある間違い：
Learners often mix up "repress" and "oppress" in political contexts. "Repress" focuses on stopping actions or expressions (like protests or opposition), often by force. "Oppress" focuses on long-term, unfair, and cruel treatment of people. A government can both "oppress" people in daily life and "repress" protests when they appear.
類義語
crush (Suggests using very harsh or overwhelming force to stop something completely.)
対義語
tolerate (Means allowing something to exist or continue, even if one disagrees with it, rather than stopping it by force.)
コロケーション
repress dissent
|repress opposition
|repress protests
|repress a movement
|brutally repress
|violently repress
テーマ
politics
|law
|conflict
例文
- The government moved quickly to repress the protests.
- For decades, the regime repressed political opposition.
- Security forces violently repressed the student movement.
- The law has been used to repress dissenting voices.
- Minority groups were systematically repressed under the dictatorship.
学習者向け例文
- The army repressed the demonstration.
- The ruler used the police to repress his enemies.
- The new law may repress free speech.
- For many years, the state repressed this religious group.
- They tried to repress any sign of protest.
動詞
technical
C1
action
3
unconsciously block memories or feelings
to unknowingly push painful memories or feelings out of your mind so that you are not aware of them
用法パターン：
to repress [trauma/memory/feeling]
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes use this psychological sense when they really mean the more general, conscious sense "to hold back feelings". This technical sense is specifically about an unconscious process, often in discussions of Freud, trauma, and therapy. In everyday speech, people often say "block out a memory" or simply "forget" rather than "repress" in this technical way.
類義語
block out (Informal phrase; often used for both conscious and unconscious mental avoidance, less technical than "repress".)
対義語
recall (Means to bring a memory into conscious awareness, the opposite of mentally keeping it out of awareness.)
コロケーション
repress memories
|repress traumatic experiences
|repress childhood trauma
|unconsciously repress
|repress painful feelings
テーマ
psychology
|mental-health
|health
|emotions
例文
- Therapists debated whether patients could truly repress traumatic memories.
- As a child, she seems to have repressed much of what happened at home.
- He may have repressed those painful experiences for many years.
- Some theories suggest that people repress emotions they find too frightening to face.
- The study questions the idea that people commonly repress memories of abuse.
学習者向け例文
- He repressed the memory of the accident.
- She may have repressed what happened when she was young.
- Some people repress very painful experiences.
- He repressed these feelings for many years.
- The doctor thinks she repressed the trauma.
動詞
technical
C1
action
4
reduce or stop gene expression
in biology, to stop or reduce how much a gene works or is expressed in a cell
用法パターン：
to repress [gene/transcription/expression]
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes think this technical sense is about emotions or politics because it is the same verb. In biology, "repress" is specifically about lowering or stopping gene expression or activity, not about people or feelings.
類義語
inhibit (Very common in scientific writing; can be broader, covering many types of slowing or stopping biological activity.)
対義語
activate (Means to start or increase the activity of a gene or process, the opposite of reducing or stopping it.)
コロケーション
repress gene expression
|repress transcription
|repress a promoter
|repress enzyme activity
|transcriptionally repress
テーマ
science
|biology
例文
- The protein binds to the operator region to repress gene expression.
- Under these conditions, the cell represses transcription of the enzyme.
- This regulator can either activate or repress different sets of genes.
- Glucose strongly represses the production of these transport proteins.
- The mutation prevents the receptor from repressing downstream signaling.
学習者向け例文
- This protein represses the gene in low light.
- The cell represses this enzyme when sugar is high.
- A repressor can repress transcription of many genes.
- The drug may repress tumor growth.
- We study how these factors repress gene expression.
文法
辞書形
repress
IPA
GB/ɹipɹˈɛs/
US/ɹipɹˈɛs/
音節・強勢
repress （1音節）
活用形
Verb
- Base: repress
- 3rd Person Singular: represses
- Present Participle: repressing
- Past: repressed
関連語
Forms
represses
verb
repressing
verb
repressed
verb
Core family
repression
noun C1
repressive
adjective
Related words
suppress
verb C1
suppression
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
express
verb A2
unrepressed
adjective
Advanced or less common
repressively
adverb
repressiveness
noun
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