押さえつける
おさえつける
Also written 押さえ付ける, 抑え付ける
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to press down; to hold down; to pin down
- to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
Kanji
- 押 push. Read as おさえる.
Example sentences
- 時々、政治家の一人がテレビの討論会に出て傍聴者の意見を押さえつけようとする場面をみる。
Sometimes, one of the politicians can be seen trying to keep the audience's opinions under control during televised debates. - 二人の警官が彼を押さえつけようとしたが彼は身をふり解き、近くの家に走り込んだ。
Two police officers tried to restrain him, but he broke away and ran into a nearby house. - そのひったくりは、その体を押さえつけている私からなんとか逃れようと、じたばたともがいていた。
The purse snatcher was frantically struggling to get away from me while I had him pinned down.