英语释义

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

  "moderate your alcohol intake"

  "hold your tongue"

  "hold your temper"

  "control your anger"

• a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

• to put down by force or authority;

  "suppress a nascent uprising"

  "stamp down on littering"

  "conquer one's desires"

• the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

  "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

• an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

• keep to the curb;

  "curb your dogs"

• place restrictions on;

  "curtail drinking in school"

片语

curb deficits防止财政状况恶化

curb girder侧梁；缘梁

curb window安全监视窗

street curb街道缘石

Curb Stomp战争践踏

curb market[金融] 场外交易市场；股票证券场外交易市场

curb ramp路缘坡道

Curb ditch路缘浅沟

Curb Lane外侧车道

curb inflation抑制通货膨胀

英汉例句

• to begin, curb your spending.

  从控制你的花销开始。

• by some other indicators, domestic as well as external, this ought to be just the right moment for the socialists to win acceptance for tough measures to raise taxes and curb spending.

  透过某些其他指标（国内和国外）可以看到，这应该就是适当时候，社会主义者采取强硬手段来加税和抑制消费以赢取大众认同。

• brazil says it wants to curb deforestation, but it is reluctant to let outsiders’ rules tie its hands on the management of its sovereign territory.

  巴西表示它希望控制森林砍伐，但是在它领土内的管理问题上，它不愿意让外人的规则来束缚自己的手脚。

• if she can「t curb this trait and you don」t want the friendship to end, limit how long you let her go on about herself; then give yourself equal air time.

  如果她不能抑制这种性格，而你不也想要终结这种友谊，就限制她絮絮叨叨谈论自己的时间，然后，给自己同样长的发表意见的时间。

• it is one of the ironies of us politics that george bush, who did not smoke, resisted all attempts to curb the tobacco industry while obama, a smoker, today did just that.

  这是美国政治中最大的讽刺之一：从不吸烟的小布什抗拒了所有抑制烟草业的企图，而吸烟的奥巴马今天所做的恰恰相反。

• minority leader mitch mcconnell (ky.) and other republican senators have warned that they will not approve a treaty that would curb a planned u.s. missile defense system for europe.

  少数党领袖麦康奈尔（肯塔基州）和其他共和党参议员们警告说，他们不会批準一个抑制美国对欧洲的导弹防御系统计划的条约。

• but we do need to act convincingly to curb future deficits.

  但我们需要采取令人信服的行动来控制将来的赤字。

• if patients pay very little out of their own pockets they have little desire to curb consumption.

  如果病人自己掏腰包时只要付得很少的话，他们就没有抑制消费的愿望。

• cities are also failing in many cases to curb their own emissions of greenhouse gases, the study finds.

  这项研究还发现，城市在很多情况下没有做到控制它们自身温室气体的排放。

• those moves, if enacted into law, would make it harder — not easier — to keep republican commitments to curb the national debt and the budget deficit.

  如果将这些行动写进法律的话，将会让共和党人履行关于控制国债和赤字规模的承诺，变得更加困难。

• in my point of view, we are in a prime time to curb the problem from deteriorating.

  我认为，现在已经到了控制这个问题进一步恶化的成熟时机。

• we should increase input in agriculture, develop advanced technologies, curb market speculation, increase food assistance and intensify cooperation in agriculture and food.

  我们应该加大农业投入，发展先进技术，抑制市场投机，增加粮食援助，加强农业和粮食合作。

• some in the alliance also hope to tap the money available to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.

  该联盟中的一些机构还希望利用现有的钱抑制温室气体的排放。

• that is the question confronting policy makers as they try to bring internet access to the masses while seeking to curb illegal copying of digital music, movies and video games.

  这是政策制定者所面临的问题，他们尽力将互联网接入带给大众，同时又试图抑制对数字音乐、电影和视频游戏的非法复制行为。

• that has some doctors campaigning to curb the trend of scheduled labor and delivery.

  这让一些医生开始为抑制自主调整生产时间的趋势而努力。

• this will stimulate their exports and curb imports, thereby helping to slim the trade gaps.

  这将刺激他们的出口同时抑制进口，从而帮助缩减贸易逆差。

• so for all the feel-good talk in washington this week, mr obama knows he has much to do if he is to curb iran, and silence those who think he is giving up america's nuclear defences for no gain.

  所以，尽管本周在华盛顿举行的会议感觉尚好，但奥巴马知道，要想控制伊朗（核武计划），要想平息那些认为他放弃美国核防卫能力却毫无所获的批评意见，他还要着力甚多。

• but we do need to act convincingly to curb future deficits.

  但我们的确需要令人信服的行动来抑制未来的赤字。

• if saying to yourself, 「i’m wasting time,」 isn’t enough to curb your behavior, take more proactive steps.

  如果你对自己说：「我正在浪费时间」，这不足以控制你的行为，采取更主动的一步。

相似词

pavement路面

stop停止；堵塞；断绝

restrain抑制，控制；约束；制止

check<美>支票；制止，抑制；检验，核对

control控制；管理；抑制

impede阻碍；妨碍；阻止

restrain抑制，控制；约束；制止

contain含有；自制

bridle(Bridle)人名；(英)布赖德尔

circumscribe外切，外接；限制；在…周围画线

constraint[数] 约束；局促，态度不自然；强制

govern管理；支配；统治；控制

guard保卫；监视

retard减慢；受到阻滞

suppress抑制；镇压；废止

abstinence节制；节欲；戒酒；禁食

edge(Edge)人名；(英)埃奇

control控制；管理；抑制

pavement路面

check<美>支票；制止，抑制；检验，核对

stop停止；堵塞；断绝

inhibit抑制；禁止

silence沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态