Adjective:
characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions;her severe upbringing had left her inhibited
a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease
their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions
repressed rage turned his face scarlet
来自pen,围栏,围起来,关押。-t,过去分词格。比喻用法。pent-up demand潜在的需求pent-up water封存水,封闭水…pent up被抑制的
pent-五-up上⇒adj.幽闭的⁵⁰;被压抑的⁵⁰近义词 stifled打断的contained抑制的restrained克制的constrained拘泥的unexpressed不明说的repressed感情被压抑的…curbed动词curb的过去式,动…