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。
• Advertising aimed at children should be curbed.
  针对儿童的广告应受到限制。
• 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。
• 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。
• The new industrial relations legislation curbed the power of the unions.
  新的劳资关系法规限制了工会的权力。
• 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。
• In the industry view, these two measures are to some extent curbed housing prices.
  在业内人士看来，这两项措施都在一定程度上抑制了房价上扬。
• These dangerous elements and their speech must be strictly curbed!
  必须对这些危险分子和言论进行严惩！
• "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。
• Shifts in Global trade and investment have accelerated reserve growth, curbed global interest rates, and boosted risky asset prices via yield hunger and leverage.
  全球贸易及投资的转变加速了储备增长，抑制了全球利率，并且通过逐利渴望以及杠杆原理，提升了风险资产的价格。