The archaeologist had to suppress her initial excitement to carefully document the fragile artifacts before moving them.
考古学家不得不抑制最初的兴奋，仔细记录脆弱的文物，然后再移动它们。
Historian Elena Cruz argues that the printing press was the single most important technological cause of the Reformation, since it allowed reformist ideas to spread faster than church authorities could suppress them.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “suppress”?
A — To stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed. “suppress” means to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed.
Which word means “to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed”?
C — suppress. “suppress” means to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed.
suppress — to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed. In Chinese: v. 镇压，抑制.
suppress is pronounced /səˈpres/.
The archaeologist had to suppress her initial excitement to carefully document the fragile artifacts before moving them. (考古学家不得不抑制最初的兴奋，仔细记录脆弱的文物，然后再移动它们。)
conceal, stifle, inhibit — all close in meaning to suppress (to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed).
reveal, express — each the opposite of suppress (to stop or prevent something from being seen or expressed).
Yes. suppress is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
sup(under)+press(press).