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curb
遏制
常用释义
英音[ kɜːb ]
美音[ kɜːrb ]
变形
复数: curbs
第三人称单数: curbs
现在分词: curbing
过去式: curbed
过去分词: curbed
基本释义
  • v. 控制,抑制;勒住(马)
  • n. 控制,抑制;<美>路缘,马路牙子;(马的跗关节后部因扭伤韧带引起的)硬瘤
考试频率
六级
考频:近五年出现2次
  • n/v. 控制; 约束; 抑制
考研
考频:近六年出现3次
  • vt. 约束
例句
  • 1·He needs to learn to curb his temper.
    他得学着控制自己的脾气。
    来源: 《牛津词典》
  • 2·It's easier to pick up apples than to drag tree branches all the way to the curb.
    摘苹果比把树枝一直拖到路边要容易得多。
  • 3·If patients pay very little out of their own pockets, they have little desire to curb consumption.
    如果病人自掏腰包支付的钱很少,他们就不会有遏制消费的意愿。
  • 4·On the horizon we have the positive application of neurogastronomy; manipulating flavor to curb our appetites.
    我们即将看到神经美食学的积极应用,即通过操控食物的味道来抑制我们的食欲。
  • 5·The Thai government has been unable to curb the violence, though thousands of troops have been sent to the south.
    泰国政府一直无法遏制暴力,尽管已经向南部派遣了成千上万的士兵。
  • 6·Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids.
    几天后,我把垃圾桶从路边拿回来时,注意到一个盖子上贴着一个信封。
  • 7·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,而你不也想终结这种友谊,就限制她谈论自己的时间;然后,给自己同样长的时间发表意见。
  • 8·We should increase input in agriculture, develop advanced technologies, curb market speculation, increase food assistance and intensify cooperation in food.
    我们应该加大农业投入,发展先进技术,抑制市场投机,增加粮食援助并加强粮食合作。
  • 9·Attempts have been made to curb this kind tendency to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant's published papers.
    人们已经做出努力来遏制这种倾向,即将一些质量和数量的衡量标准纳入对申请人发表论文的评估当中。
  • 10·Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate a free fall.
    无论如何,所有这些复杂的措施都有相同的心理目的:让人们相信自由落体运动将会停止,从而抑制人们对自由落体运动持续下去的恐惧。
网络释义
同义词
n. 抑制;路边;勒马绳
vt. 控制;勒住
同根词
词根: curb
curbing n 边石的材料;边石
词语辨析
refrain/check/curb/inhibit/restrain.导航词义:阻止
refrain:v. 克制,抑制.指忍住不做某事,常后接介词 from。
He refrained from smoking.
他忍住不吸烟。
For losing weight, she refrained from eating chocolate after supper.
为了减肥,她强忍着在晚饭后不吃巧克力。
check:v. 克制,阻碍,抑制.指因意识到不对而忍住不做某事或克制感情,也指阻止不好的事情恶化或继续发生。
They had to check the urge to laugh out loud, not wanting to upset Susan.
他们只得憋住不让自己大声笑出来,以免惹苏珊不开心。
Adequate measures have been taken to check the growth in crime.
已经采取适当的措施来阻止犯罪率上升。
It is important to check the growth of public spending.
控制公共开支的增长很重要。
curb:v. 控制,抑制.指为了防止造成有害的影响而控制或约束某事物。
The government immediately took measures to curb the spread of the virus.
政府立刻采取措施控制病毒的扩散。
The policies to curb inflation have worked.
控制通货膨胀的政策见效了。
inhibit:v. 阻止,抑制.指妨碍某事物发展。
Too much time in front of the TV may inhibit children's learning.
看电视太多可能会妨碍儿童的学习。
Enough alcohol may inhibit the excitatory parts of the brain.
足够的酒精可能会抑制大脑中起兴奋作用的组织。
restrain:v. 阻止,克制,抑制.含义广泛,常指以武力阻止某人做某事,也指克制情绪、行为或控制、限制某事物。
The suspect had to be restrained by the police.
警察只好强行制住嫌疑人。
He restrained a feeling of annoyance, although his girlfriend was late again.
尽管女朋友又一次迟到,他还是忍住没发脾气。
She could barely restrain from crying in front of her best friend.
她差点就忍不住在最好的朋友面前大哭。
What factors could restrain consumer spending?
哪些因素会抑制消费支出?