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

• 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。
• 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。
• Further Chinese export curbs could stimulate production outside China, industry experts said.
  行业专家表示，中国进一步限制稀土出口可能会刺激中国境外的稀土生产。
• In future, developing as well as developed countries will be responsible for emissions curbs.
  在未来，发展中国家和发达国家一样，对控制碳排放负有责任。
• 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。
• Japan has been hard hit by the export curbs.
  日本深受中国稀土出口限制的影响。
• These commitments need not be absolute cuts in emissions, but can be curbs on the growth of emissions.
  这些承诺不一定是绝对减排，也可以是抑制排放的增长。
• Imposing either a windfall tax or special curbs on bonuses is an understandable political response to what is happening.
  征收暴利税或对奖金发放加以特别限制，是针对当前现实的政治回应，可以理解。
• This limits competition, efficiency and structural change, works against small and medium enterprises, curbs investment and fosters a shadow economy.
  这限制了竞争、效率和结构性改革，不利于中小企业，同时阻碍了投资并培育了一个影子经济。