| 词汇 | pent-up |
| 释义 | pent-up adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌpentˈʌp/ us /ˌpentˈʌp/ Pent-up feelings are not allowed to be expressed or released: （感情）被压抑的，被抑制的 Screaming at the top of your voice is a good way of venting pent-up frustration.放开嗓子尖叫是发泄内心压抑的挫败感的一种好方法。 Synonym repressed Controlling emotions anger management blackmail bottle bottle something up breaking point choke compose cork dysregulated dysregulation emotional blackmailidiom fight back frustrated put on a brave faceidiom repress repressed repression self-possessed self-possessedly temperate pent-up | American Dictionarypent-up adjective us/ˈpentˈʌp/ (of feelings) not expressed or released: His pent-up anger and frustration burst forth. pent-up | Business Englishpent-up adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌpentˈʌp/us ECONOMICS used to describe strong demand for a product that has not had the opportunity of being expressed as sales, for example because consumers have had too little money: Sales of heavy lorries increased, reflecting the improvement in the economy and pent-up demand from delayed purchases. Examples of pent-uppent-up This pent-up force of different charges is expressed in many ways and may explode, slip out consciously, or be withheld and maintained inside. When something is an emotional trigger and creates an imbalance, the pent-up charges demand attention and want to be released by crying. A decline of ethnic tensions would be expected because, after an initial period in which pent-up tensions are vented, a healthy set of nonconflictual coping mechanisms should develop. This would be a result of pent-up, suppressed or otherwise hidden ethnic tensions that come to the surface, or are reported more accurately in a situation of greater civil liberties. Gowing interprets this extraordinary degree of female litigiousness as evidence of a pent-up desire on the part of women to bring their moral concerns before the public. Half the 3 million unemployed are under 25, many of them desolate and with pent-up emotions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once freeze and severe restraint were over, there was an acute problem in dealing with the pent-up flood of claims and price increases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps this is pent-up frustration bursting out after the greyness of a week's work which never varies in its rather soulless pattern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It becomes increasingly difficult to break out of that situation without stimulating an upsurge of pent-up demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be denied that there is an enormous pent-up demand for these refuges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a pent-up demand for housing among young people who, when they obtain better work, will want to buy a house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are obviously venting some of their pent-up anxieties on their opponents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, are, not these meetings often a safety valve for the pent-up emotions of the people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, because of the frustrations and pent-up emotions in the prisons, over £14 million was spent on putting right damage caused by riots and disruptions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was accelerated by the pent-up flood of imports which came in late last year and early this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pent-up These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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