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近义词pavement

n. 抑制；路边；勒马绳
vt. 控制；勒住

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复数: curbs;第三人称单数: curbs;过去式: curbed;过去分词: curbed;现在分词: curbing;

助记提示

1. Latin curvus, from curvare "bend" => curb "enclosed or curved framework".
2. => "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal).
3. curb “克步”→抑制

中文词源

curb 控制

来自PIE*sker,转，弯，围，词源同ring,curve.

英英释意

1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

3. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;: "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

英文词源

curb: curb: [15] Ultimately, curb and curve are the same word. Latin curvāre ‘bend’ passed into Old French as courber, which Middle English borrowed as courbe ‘bend’. This seems to have formed the basis of a noun courbe or curb, which was originally used for a strap to restrain a horse, the underlying meaning perhaps being that pulling on the strap ‘bent’ the horse’s neck, thereby restraining it.

The sense ‘enclosing framework’ began to emerge in the early 16th century, perhaps mainly through the influence of the French noun courbe, which meant ‘curved piece of timber, iron, etc used in building’. Its chief modern descendant is ‘pavement edge’, a 19th-century development, which has generally been spelled kerb in British English.
=> circle, crown, curve
curb (n.): late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal), from Old French courbe (12c.) "curb on a horse," from Latin curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to "margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1791 (sometimes spelled kerb). Figurative sense of "a check, a restraint" is from 1610s.
curb (v.): 1520s, of horses, "to lead to a curb," from curb (n.). Figurative use from 1580s. Related: Curbed; curbing.

同义词辨析

restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit

这些动词均含"阻止，抑制，制止"之意。

restrain：含义广，指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。

check：多指阻止前进或继续发展。

refrain：常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。

bridle：指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。

curb：可指急剧或果断的制止，也可指用严格的方法加以控制。

inhibit：主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头，也指制止某物的蔓延。

考试真题

Mr Obama's plan to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放), though necessary, will be far from cost-free, whatever his sunny speeches on the subject might suggest.

If he succeeds in curbing costs—a big if—it would be a huge gain for America.

Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases.

How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming

curb his desire for online gaming

It is not easy to curb the rising medical costs in America.

Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate (使持久) a free fall.

To curb the fear of a lasting free fall

Its inability to curb the carbon emissions from industries.

That conclusion was reinforced by another finding: that their opposition appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with welfare reform in the 1990s, which curbed immigrants' access to certain benefits.

Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

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

Attempts have been made to curb this tendency, for example, by trying to incorporate some measure of quality as well as quantity into the assessment of an applicant's papers.

The key messages that have been put together for World Environment Day do include a call for governments to enact legislation to curb single-use plastics.

They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment -- including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line -- Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

实用场景例句

He needs to learn to curb his temper.: 他得学着控制自己的脾气。

A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation.: 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。

curbs on government spending: 对政府开支的限制措施

...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...: 旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告

Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.: 俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。

He curbed his temper...: 他稳住了情绪。

You must curb your extravagant tastes.: 你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。

US drinks producers curb soft drinks in schools.: 儿童肥胖问题严重美饮料商校园限量销售.

You cut the corner too short and ran over the curb. You need a little more practice.: 你转的弯太小,所以压到了安全带; 您需要多多练习.

Such a move would curb childhood obesity by 5 to 7 percent, the analysis found.: 分析表明,这一举措将使儿童肥胖率减少5%到7%.

That figure is frequently used in calculations of the effectiveness of attempts to curb emissions.: 这个数字常常被用于计算减排措施的有效性.

We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.: 我们可以通过教育来控制少年犯罪.

The public demanded a curb on military spending.: 公众要求限制军事开支.

Moreover, China is already trying to curb its emissions.: 况且, 中国已在尽力减排.

This 1965 treaty obliges the member states of the United make laws to curb racial discrimination.: 这一1965年的协约促使了美国的成员州立法来限制种族歧视.

Macro - control ability to curb price rises?: 宏观调控能否抑制房价上涨?

We must curb inflation.: 我们必须控制通货膨胀.

He was able to find the curb when he walks around he doesn't bump into things.: “他走路时能沿着边缘走了而且不会碰到任何东西”.

Wang said the limits mainly aim to curb deliberate use of the chemical as an additive.: 他说这个标准主要是为了防止厂商蓄意添加这种化学制剂而制定的.

She put a curb on her spending.: 她限制自己的消费.

The government is trying to curb the use of fuels and promote renewable energy.: 中国政府现在正在试图减少石油的消费,提升可更新能源的消费.

He stepped off the curb and told me it was safe to cross.: 他走下马路沿儿,告诉我现在可以过去了.

The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.: 压制这群暴徒的惟一方法是使用催泪瓦斯.

That a larger number of shares locked is not conducive to curb market speculation.: 认为股份锁定数量较多,不利于抑制市场炒作.

Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.: 总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌.

China's economy, too, has been cooling as Beijing has sought to curb inflation.: 同时, 由于中国政府力图抑制通胀,中国经济也在降温.

Democratic election and public opinion supervision help curb corruption.: 民主选举和舆论监督都有利于抑制腐败.

Britons are more willing than Americans to curb civil liberties in pursuit of security.: 英国民众比美国人更愿意牺牲公民自由来换取安全.

The drainage, guardrails , tunnels, curb stones street lamps, and other street equipment of the roads.: 道路之排水沟渠、护栏、涵洞、缘石、拦路石、挡土墙、路灯及属于道路上各项标志、号志、管制设施、设备等.

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