curb
v. 控制,抑制; 約束,限定
n. 起控制(或限制)作用的事物
If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...
旨在控制艾滋病傳播的廣告
Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
俄羅斯需要抑制通貨膨脹。
If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control.
He curbed his temper...
他穩住了情緒。
You must curb your extravagant tastes.
你必須控制自己鋪張奢侈的嗜好。
1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
3. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;
1. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
2. to put down by force or authority;
3. keep to the curb;
4. place restrictions on;
restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit
這些動詞均含"阻止,抑制,制止"之意。
US drinks producers curb soft drinks in schools.
兒童肥胖問題嚴重美飲料商校園限量銷售.
You cut the corner too short and ran over the curb. You need a little more practice.
你轉的彎太小,所以壓到了安全帶; 您需要多多練習.
Such a move would curb childhood obesity by 5 to 7 percent, the analysis found.
分析表明,這一舉措將使兒童肥胖率減少5%到7%.
That figure is frequently used in calculations of the effectiveness of attempts to curb emissions.
這個數字常常被用於計算減排措施的有效性.
We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.
我們可以透過教育來控制少年犯罪.