| 词汇 | curb |
| 释义 | curb verb[ T ] uk /kɜːb/ us /kɝːb/ C2 to control or limit something that is not wanted: 控制；限制，约束；抑制 The government should act to curb tax evasion.政府应该采取行动抑制逃税。 He is someone who finds it difficult to curb his fleshly desires. You really need to curb your spending. The police are trying to curb under-age drinking. Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curtail curtailment keep (herself) to herselfidiom limit limitation limitative limiting suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up uncrippled curb noun[ C ] uk /kɜːb/ us /kɝːb/ curbnoun[C] (CONTROL)a limit on something that is not wanted: 控制;限制，约束;抑制 curb onYou must try to put a curb on your bad temper/spending habits.你必须尽量控制你的坏脾气／大手大脚的习惯。 Synonyms check(LIMIT) constraint control(POWER) curtailment limit limitation restraint restriction Range and limits all the way toidiom ambit anywhere at largeidiom band compass dividing line finite finitely finitude gamut glass ceiling hedge parameter parametric parametrically point spread proviso spectrum stretch curbnoun[C] (EDGE)US spelling ofkerbUK（kerb 的美式拼法） Tomsmith585/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Road surfaces & features asphalt asphalting bike lane bitumen black spot cycle track double yellow line dropped kerb fast lane gravel paver paving stone potholed pull someone in ramp tarmac tight turn traffic island unploughed verge curb | American Dictionarycurb noun[ C ] us/kɜrb/ curbnoun[C] (EDGE)a raised edge along the side of a street, often forming part of a path for people to walk on: She stood on the curb and waited until the light turned green to cross the street. curb verb[ T ] us/kɜrb/ curbverb[T] (CONTROL)to control the growth or expression of something: You’ve got to learn to curb your temper. curb | Business Englishcurb verb[ T ] uk /kɜːb/us to control or limit something that is not wanted: The Government should act to curb tax evasion. We will have to curb expenses. curb noun[ C ] uk /kɜːb/us a limit on something that is not wanted: curb (on sth)The legislature has put a curb on outsourcing state contract work. Examples of curbcurb However, economic progress and delivery of social services, such as healthcare and education, also depend on the success of the efforts to curb rampant corruption. The application of control measures that curb human infection in endemic areas depends critically on the detection of infected people. The latter is directed at curbing the political as opposed to the judicial criteria for appointments. To curb worker feuds, managers confined workers for three days if they fought with fellow workers. Extending the medical code of ethics to establishments that employ doctors (even if not owned by doctors) may curb unethical referral practices. Initially it was an economic institution designed to curb the power of plutocrats who were manipulating medicinal drug markets in their favor. For the sake of regional stability, he tried to curb the efforts at reform, especially the demands for increased national independence. Therefore, it appears that inoculative biocontrol programmes should be applied early in spring in order to curb the increasing mealybug density later in summer. Environmental policy, fostered by international agreements, gives a better explanation why pollution curbs downward at high income levels. The counterpoints to the mutability of style were the legal constraints designed to curb the fashion impulse, bridling the sartorial ambitions of non-elites. The paper also offers suggestions on extra disclosures that might help in curbing earnings management. Entry of sheep was banned while curbs like grazing fee were imposed for other cattle. Apart from official attempts to curb the institution and its actions, partisan control over the institution is therefore an additional risk. The figure suggests that the conditions are fairly permissive and one minister will generally have an incentive to curb his spending. While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such as carnival with its subversive potential for social inversion, were curbed. See all examples of curb These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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