Adjective:

1. tending to suppress;

   "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
   

suppressvt.镇压；隐瞒；压制；止住；禁止suppressed field抑制场suppressor holes抑制栅孔suppressive fire压制射击suppressor T cell抑制T细胞suppressor effect抑制剂效应suppressed squint[医] 抑制性斜视, 隐斜视suppressed length抑制长度suppressing agent抑制剂suppressed desire欲望压抑suppressed-zeroadj.无零点的；刻度不是从零点开始的；抑零式仪表

1. The government used suppressive measures to control the protest.
   政府用镇压的手段来控制抗议。