curb

[美國]/kɜːb/
[英國]/kɜːrb/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 側石, 邊石限制,
vt. 限制, 剋制, 抑制
Word Forms
過去式curbed
複數curbs
現在分詞curbing
過去分詞curbed
第三人稱單數curbs

短語搭配

curb your enthusiasm

剋制你的熱情

curb appeal

外觀吸引力

curb market

臨街市場

curb inflation

抑制通貨膨脹

例句

a curb on government borrowing.

控制政府借債。

legislation to curb wildcat strikes.

管束野貓式罷工的立法。

Keep a curb on your anger.

請抑制住怒氣。

the central plank of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters.

該法案的中心要點是制止工業污染者。

a taxi that shaved the curb;

輕輕挨着路緣行駛的出租車;

She put a curb on her spending.

她限制自己的消費。

We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.

我們可以通過教育來控制少年犯罪。

you must make a concerted effort to curb this.

你們必須竭盡全力控制它。

sweeping measures to curb official graft.

大規模製止官方腐敗的行爲。

stopped at the curb, then crossed over.

在障礙物前停下,然後越過去

I began to curb my appetite for food and drink.

我開始節制飲食。

High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高利率抑制了消費

plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing.

對內部交易引入更嚴格控制的方案。

she promised she would curb her temper.

她答應會控制住自己的脾氣。

The boy sat on the curb and watched the cars go by.

那個男孩坐在馬路邊石上看過往的車輛。

legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session.

限制野貓式罷工的立法將在下期議會上提出。

He had difficulty restraining his curiosity. Tocurb is to restrain as if with reins:

他難以抑制住好奇心。 Curb 是象用轡頭那樣來約束:

He argues, preposterously, that climate change can be curbed without spending much money.

他荒謬地主張說不需要花多少錢就能控制氣候變化。

was buried with indecent haste;indecorous behavior;language unbecoming to a lady;unseemly to use profanity;moved to curb their untoward ribaldry.

匆忙得不像樣的掩埋;無禮行爲;不適合女士說的語言。

Quiet, roomy cabin and off-road adeptness overshadowed by cumbersome curb weight, soft suspenders, and a tacky dash.

安靜,寬敞和越野卻受累於其笨拙的體重,柔軟的懸掛和俗不可耐的儀表板。

原聲例句

My heart was pounding mightily. I couldn't curb its pulsations.

此時,我無法控制自己的脈博跳動,我的心劇烈地跳着。

來源: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

You can see that this is a curb.

你可以看到這是路沿石。

來源: CNN 10 Student English September 2018 Collection

The use of privacy law to curb the tech giants in this instance feels slightly maladapted.

本案中用隱私法限制科技巨頭似乎稍顯牽強。

來源: Past years' graduate entrance exam English reading true questions.

You may have to curb your chronic stress.

你或許需要減少你的慢性壓力了。

來源: TED-Ed (audio version)

Will 2014 see attempts to curb data collection?

是不是2014年我們就會看到社會上開始抑制此類數據蒐集的行爲呢?

來源: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection July 2014

It happened when I attempted to step up a curb.

那是在我嘗試踏上馬路牙子的時候。

來源: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Both sides want to curb climate change.

雙方都希望遏制氣候變化。

來源: NPR News June 2016 Compilation

Hunger and extreme poverty curb human potential in every possible way.

飢餓與赤貧會百般抑制人類的潛能。

來源: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2016 Collection

You must curb your excessive spending, or you will become penniless.

你必須抑制過度消費,否則你會變得一無所有。

來源: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Singapore announced a series of stringent measures in a bid to curb rising coronavirus infections.

新加坡宣佈了一系列嚴格措施,以遏制不斷增長的新冠病毒感染病例。

來源: CRI Online May 2021 Collection

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