curbs

英 [kɜːbz]

美 [kɜːrbz]

v.  控制，抑制，限定，约束(不好的事物)
n.  起控制(或限制)作用的事物
curb的第三人称单数和复数

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

• And at least one would-be player appears to have lost out from the new curbs.
  此外，至少有一个潜在参与者似乎因新的限制而出局。
• However, UK guidelines spared almost all investment firms from the most prescriptive curbs.
  然而，英国的指南让几乎所有投资公司免受多数规定的限制。
• This is easier to achieve if the government curbs the growth of its gargantuan budget.
  如果政府能抑制其庞大预算的进一步增长，这个目标会更容易实现。
• While temporary fiscal adjustment curbs demand, changing the fiscal policy strategy can bring more revenue and more growth.
  尽管暂时的财政调整会抑制需求，但财政政策战略的转变，能够带来更多的收入与增长。
• Nonetheless, Congress was flooded with bills proposing everything from quickie tax cuts to protectionist trade curbs.
  尽管如此，大量议案仍涌向议会，小到仓促提交的关于减税的提案，大到贸易保护主义的遏制。
• Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced.
  限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中，不久即将公布。
• Investment growth has been dampened by government curbs aimed at cooling a credit boom and surging housing costs.
  投资增长一直受到政府控制针对冷却信贷繁荣和飞涨的住房费用。
• It has imposed curbs on Chinese companies bringing workers across the Himalayas to build pipelines and power plants.
  它已对中国企业从本国引进工人，以修建管道与电厂的做法施加了限制。
• Hence their curbs for new rules on offshore tax centres and hedge funds.
  因此他们希望对离岸税收中心和对冲基金制定新的规则。
• But Wolfgang Schuble, German finance minister, told the financial times that Berlin would push for tighter curbs.
  但德国财政部长沃尔夫冈朔伊布勒（wolfgangschuble）向英国《金融时报》表示，柏林将推动出台更严厉的限制措施。