【重点词汇】

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.
事实上是，如果我们刻意地去压抑自己不去想，我们更容易去幻想，更容易将自己的想法放在上面。

suppress vt. 镇压，使 ... 止住，禁止

如：Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
抑制物用来压制、控制或消除的事物

The revolt was suppressed in a matter of hours.
叛乱在几小时之内就镇压下去了。

focus on vt. 集中在

如：He was too shortsighted to focus on the object.
他由於近视过深而无法把视力焦点对准在该物体上。

The focus on my camera isn't working properly.
我的照相机上的调焦装置有毛病。

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.
结果表明，那些被要求不去想自己熟人的人，做梦的时候常梦到

show up 揭露，露出，露面

如：The dust on the shelf show up in the sunlight.
在阳光照射下能看见架子上有灰尘。

put out of one's mind 忘记，把 ... 忘记，把 ... 置脑后