curb
verb /kɜːb/
/kɜːrb/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they curb | /kɜːb/ /kɜːrb/ |
| he / she / it curbs | /kɜːbz/ /kɜːrbz/ |
| past simple curbed | /kɜːbd/ /kɜːrbd/ |
| past participle curbed | /kɜːbd/ /kɜːrbd/ |
| -ing form curbing | /ˈkɜːbɪŋ/ /ˈkɜːrbɪŋ/ |
- curb something to control or limit something, especially something bad
控制，抑制，限定，约束（尤指不好的事物） - He needs to learn to curb his temper.
他得学着控制自己的脾气。 - a new law designed to curb harmful emissions from factories
旨在控制工厂排放有害物质的一部新法
- This legislation will drastically curb the power of local authorities.
这项立法将极大地限制地方当局的权力。 - a range of policies aimed at curbing inflation
旨在抑制通货膨胀的一系列政策 - New measures should curb the speed of cars travelling through the village.
新措施应该会限制汽车在村子里的行驶速度。 - She has to curb her natural exuberance.
她只得抑制住自己热情洋溢的性格。 - They were criticized for failing to curb public spending.
他们因未能控制公共开支而受到批评。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- drastically
- attempt to
- try to
- be designed to
- …
- aimed at curbing something
- an attempt to curb something
- an effort to curb something
- …
词源late 15th cent. (denoting a strap fastened to the bit): from Old French courber ‘bend, bow’, from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’. - He needs to learn to curb his temper.
