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

• But unsustainable consumption needs to be curbed.
  但不可持续的消费必须受到遏制。
• Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
  俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。
• In most of the developed world, immigration is a thorny problem; it must be curbed and controlled.
  时过境迁，在大多数发达国家，移民已成为一个棘手的问题：对它必须加以限制和控制。
• "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。
• 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。
• Advertising aimed at children should be curbed.
  针对儿童的广告应受到限制。
• 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。
• 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。
• My hunger was curbed by the snack.
  吃了点心，我的饥饿得到了控制。
• The Central Bank successfully curbed the economic fluctuation.
  央行成功抑制了这样的经济波动。