subdue

Compared meaning: to stop or control something by force (verb).

比较义项：以强力制止或控制（动词）。

• suppress

  Used to stop an involuntary reaction, feeling, or event quickly, often before it fully shows; the object is usually abstract, such as a laugh, a cough, or a revolt, not a living creature.

  用于迅速制止一种不由自主的反应、情绪或事件，往往是在其完全表现出来之前；宾语通常是抽象的，例如笑声、咳嗽或叛乱，而不是有生命的动物。

  She tried to suppress a laugh during the serious speech.

  在那场严肃的演讲中，她努力忍住不笑出声。

• subdue 本词

  Used for bringing a living, struggling creature or a strong force under physical control through effort; the target keeps existing afterward but is calmed rather than stopped or removed.

  用于通过努力将正在挣扎的有生命对象或强大的力量置于身体上的控制之下；对象事后依然存在，只是被安抚平静下来，而不是被止住或消除。

  The trainer worked calmly to subdue the frightened horse.

  驯马师平静地努力制服那匹受惊的马。

Both mean stopping or controlling something by force, but their objects differ. Suppress is for sudden, abstract things, like a laugh, a cough, or a revolt. Subdue is for a living, struggling being or a strong force, calmed through effort but still existing afterward.

两词都指用力量使某事物停止或受控，但对象不同：suppress 常用于抽象的、突发的反应或事件（笑声、咳嗽、叛乱、消息），强调在其显露或蔓延之前迅速止住；subdue 常用于有生命的、正在挣扎的对象或强大的力量，强调经过一番努力使其平静、受控，而对象本身仍然存在。