LIDS的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT（容器的）蓋，蓋子

A lid is the top of a box or other container which can be removed or raised when you want to open the container.

N-COUNT眼瞼；眼皮

Your lids are the pieces of skin which cover your eyes when you close them.

• A dull pain began to throb behind his lids.

  他的眼皮後面開始隱隱作痛地抽動。

N-SING限制；抑制；隱瞞

If you say that someone is keeping the lid on an activity or a piece of information, you mean that they are restricting the activity or are keeping the information secret.

• The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence...

  士兵的存在似乎抑制住了暴力活動。

• Their finance ministry is still trying to put a lid on the long-simmering securities scandal.

  他們的財政部仍在試圖遮掩一觸即發的證券醜聞。

N-SING（對開支的）控制，封頂

If you say that you want to keep a lid on the cost of doing something, you mean that you want to prevent it costing you more than you feel is reasonable.

• If our industry is to remain competitive it must mean keeping a lid on prices.

  我們的行業要想保持競爭力，就必須對價格加以控制。