Curb_curbs是什么意思

1.一日一词：遏制CURB

n.（名词）

1)A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street.

路缘：形成街道边沿一部分的排水沟的明确界限或砌成的一排石头

2)An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight.

围栏：一种围起来的结构，如天窗周围的围栏

3) A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.

围边：沿着边缘用来限制或加固的突起边沿

4)Something that checks or restrains:

抑制物，限制物：

High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高利率抑制了消费

5)A chain or strap that passes under a horse's lower jaw and serves in conjunction with the bit to restrain the horse.

马勒，马衔索：一条穿过马下颚的绳子或皮带，与马衔铁连接用来控制马

v.tr.（及物动词）

curbed， curb.ing， curbs

1)To check, restrain, or control as if with a curb; rein in.See Synonyms at restrain

抑制：似乎用马勒抑制、限制或控制；控制参见 restrain

2)To lead (a dog) off the sidewalk into the gutter so that it can excrete waste matter.

领狗大小便：领（狗）到人行道外的阴沟处使其排泄废弃物

3)To furnish with a curb.

给…装马勒

一日一词：遏制CURB

n.（名词）

1)A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street.

路缘：形成街道边沿一部分的排水沟的明确界限或砌成的一排石头

2)An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight.

围栏：一种围起来的结构，如天窗周围的围栏

3) A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.

围边：沿着边缘用来限制或加固的突起边沿

4)Something that checks or restrains:

抑制物，限制物：

High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高利率抑制了消费

5)A chain or strap that passes under a horse's lower jaw and serves in conjunction with the bit to restrain the horse.

马勒，马衔索：一条穿过马下颚的绳子或皮带，与马衔铁连接用来控制马

v.tr.（及物动词）

curbed， curb.ing， curbs

1)To check, restrain, or control as if with a curb; rein in.See Synonyms at restrain

抑制：似乎用马勒抑制、限制或控制；控制参见 restrain

2)To lead (a dog) off the sidewalk into the gutter so that it can excrete waste matter.

领狗大小便：领（狗）到人行道外的阴沟处使其排泄废弃物

3)To furnish with a curb.

给…装马勒

source: somewhere on the net

control: 控制

自现象级英语

CURB

1. 英英释义：to control or limit something in order to prevent it from hing a harmful effect?

例句：He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot?curb?his temper sometimes.?

2. 为什么选这个词？?

“curb”是及物动词，意思是“控制”、“限制”。这是一个出现频率极高的单词，几乎会出现在每一期《经济学人》中。可以用它来替换 control 和 limit。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。?

他人很好，就是有时候不太会控制自己的脾气，可以说：?

He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot? curb? his temper sometimes.

很多年前纽约市为了限制高峰期交通，提高了停车费，我们就可以说：?

Many years ago New York City raised parking fees in order to? curb? rush-hour traffic.

北京为了控烟几年前出台了相关法律，不过一点用都没有，就可以说：?

To? curb? smoking in public areas, Beijing rolled out a regulation against it a few years ago. Thanks to lack of enforcement, however, smokers still smoke in public, completely disregarding the rule and people around them.

《经济学人》一篇关于非洲恐怖主义的文章中就用到了 curb：?

At the same time, they could work harder to? curb? corruption and human-rights abuses by their armies and police forces.

《经济学人》在另一篇关于 YouTube 监管的文章中也用到了 curb：?

Governments meanwhile are taking direct action to? curb? content that they deem inropriate.

《经济学人》在写移民问题时常常会用到 curb, 比如一篇关于魁北克政治的文章中就用到了：?

Mr Legault, a former airline executive, campaigned to? curb? immigration, even though the province has a labour shortage, and to deny work permits to newcomers who fail tests of “Quebec values” and proficiency in French.

最近有一期《经济学人》Special report 写的是南非，其中多次用到了 curb, 比如这句：?

It was then that Jacob Zuma began his nine-year reign as president, during which time the thuggish kleptocrat and his cronies ransacked state-owned enterprises (SOEs), plundered local and provincial s, and raged the law-enforcement institutions set up to ?curb? such looting.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？?

1）翻译下面的句子： 特朗普对移民很不友好，一上台就开始限制移民。(两次提到移民用一个immigration即可，很不友好：extremely/ utterly unfriendly to/ towards, 上台become president, be elected president)?

Trump is extremely unfriendly towards immigration and started to curb it as soon as he became president.?

Utterly unfriendly to immigration, Trump started to curb it as soon as he was elected president.

造句

例1：To curb mass tourism, Venice rolled out a controversial proposal ?to tax day-trippers. 限流举措

例2：Many feel children’s spelling skills he been especially? eroded? by over-reliance on electronic devices, which capitalize on their ineptitude and inertia. Such trend should be curbed . ?写字水平下降

例3：We must curb our stage fright, and speak out with coolness and deliberation. 舞台恐惧症

个人拓展

搭配： curb one's temper, curb one's desires

curb traffic/ content/ corruption/ smoking/ immigration/ looting/ tax evasion/ expenses/ spending?

背诵

curb, control, limit

He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot? curb? his temper sometimes.

To? curb? smoking in public areas, Beijing rolled out a regulation against it a few years ago. Thanks to lack of enforcement, however, smokers still smoke in public, completely disregarding the rule and people around them.