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1.A study suggests the opposite, that if we actively try to suppress a subject, we’re more likely to dream about it than if we were to focus our thoughts on it.
事實上是，如果我們刻意地去壓抑自己不去想，我們更容易去幻想，更容易將自己的想法放在上面。

suppress vt. 鎮(zhèn)壓，使 ... 止住，禁止

如：Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
抑制物用來壓制、控制或消除的事物

The revolt was suppressed in a matter of hours.
叛亂在幾小時之內(nèi)就鎮(zhèn)壓下去了。

focus on vt. 集中在

如：He was too shortsighted to focus on the object.
他由於近視過深而無法把視力焦點對準(zhǔn)在該物體上。

The focus on my camera isn't working properly.
我的照相機上的調(diào)焦裝置有毛病。

2.The acquaintances showed up more frequently in the dreams of those students who’d been asked to put the person out of their minds.
結(jié)果表明，那些被要求不去想自己熟人的人，做夢的時候常夢到

show up 揭露，露出，露面

如：The dust on the shelf show up in the sunlight.
在陽光照射下能看見架子上有灰塵。

put out of one's mind 忘記，把 ... 忘記，把 ... 置腦后