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词汇 curbing
释义 curbing
present participle ofcurb
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Limiting and restricting
anti-libertarian
armlock
boundary
box someone out
box someone/something in
crippling
cripplingly
crowd
curb
curtail
keep (herself) to herselfidiom
keep something down
limit
limitation
limitative
stunt
suffocatingly
tempered
tie someone down
tie someone up

Examples of curbing


curbing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The latter is directed at curbing the political as opposed to the judicial criteria for appointments.
The immediate impact was the curbing of imports (especially oil), with a contracting effect on the economy.
The paper also offers suggestions on extra disclosures that might help in curbing earnings management.
Since violent acts were already illegal, the state of emergency was aimed primarily at curbing the unarmed resistance.
It also could be an effective means of curbing the power of corporations with financial stakes in the healthcare field.
Equally, as the conflicts existed, both sides continued to try to assist each other in curbing female migration.
It then enacted a statute curbing the growth of scientific salaries in the department, a law unaltered until 1909.
Successful revenue collection seemed to require much more than simply curbing the corruption of those who collected it.
Curbing the state's role is not the only answer, as we see that many state-owned enterprises perform better than private concerns.
Yet, they also encourage political shake-ups by curbing the power of the state to pay off its partners and confidants in the private sector.
The curbing of many of the pretensions of the party was undoubtedly a central part of this definition.
The feasibility of curbing possible transmission of subclinical infection needs further consideration.
Furthermore, curbing the growth of public revenues in these countries takes several years of good economic growth.
Active social intervention promises to connect social and economic policies in a more coherent vision, both by increasing skills levels and by curbing social exclusion.
One method of curbing the corrupt use of office is for elected officials to declare their relevant interests and income.
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