curbed

英 [kɜːbd]

美 [kɜːrbd]

v.  控制，抑制，限定，约束(不好的事物)
curb的过去分词和过去式

过去式：curbed　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 控制;抑制;限定;约束
  If youcurbsomething, you control it and keep it within limits.
  1. ...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...
     旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告
  2. Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
     俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。
  3. Curbis also a noun.
     
  4. He called for much stricter curbs on immigration.
     他呼吁对移民采取更严格的限制措施。
• VERB 控制，约束(情绪或行为)
  If youcurban emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control.
  1. He curbed his temper...
     他稳住了情绪。
  2. You must curb your extravagant tastes.
     你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。
• → see:kerb

双语例句

• Men are admitted into Heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions.
  人们被允许进入天堂，并不是因为他们约束或控制了自己的情欲。
• "I know my drinking has really curbed my potential," she says.
  “我知道我喝了真的遏制了我的潜力，”她说。
• Any monopolized activities which impair fair competition can be curbed by such a law.
  任何对公平竞争有害的垄断行为都可以通过这样的法律来加以抑制。
• Excessive speculation in food commodities should be curbed.
  我们应遏制粮食大宗商品商的过度投机。
• Chinese steel demand has been tepid since January as slowing economic growth has curbed demand for the material.
  中国对钢材的需求自今年1月以来持续低迷，因为经济增长放缓抑制了对这种材料的需求。
• Both curbed the power of governments and parliaments.
  以上两部法案都限制了政府及议会的权力。
• That has on occasion curbed its appetite for transactions involving big inflows of foreign capital and delayed approvals.
  有时候，这抑制了该机构对涉及大笔外国资本流入的交易的兴趣，并且拖延了审批进度。
• This measure has curbed economic growth and caused the rising of unemployment rate.
  这种措施抑制了经济增长，并使失业率上升。
• The world's biggest carmaker has curbed production at its factories in Japan and overseas.
  世界最大的汽车制造商抑制了在日本和海外的工厂生产。
• But if so it is an instinct he has curbed.
  但是如果是这样，他抑制住了一种本能。