| 单词 | keep down |
| 释义 | keep down 1．remain at a lower level 处于低水平 *Most of the food shops have promised to keep prices down until after the new year．大多数食品店答应新年之后才涨价。 2．not vomit；retain in the stomach 不呕吐；留在胃里 *Jane is sick again today；she hasn't been able to keep her food down．简今天又生病了，吃下的东西都吐了出来。 3．control 控制；抑制 *I could hardly keep my temper down when I saw the boys treating my dog badly．当我看见那些男孩待我的狗不好时，简直按捺不住愤怒。 *The children could not keep their voices down．孩子们不能控制他们的声音。 *You should try to keep down your anger．你应该尽量克制自己的脾气。 *The firemen kept the fire down with hoses．消防队员用水龙管压住了火势。 4．keep with limits；limit 限制 *She is managing to keep down her daily expenses so she could save more money．她设法紧缩日常开支，以便能积攒更多的钱。 *We should keep down the soaring prices．我们应控制物价的飞涨。 *We should take measures to keep down nonproductive expenses．我们应采取措施削减非生产性开支。 5．keep from progressing or growing；prevent from increasing 阻止…前进、生长、增多 *We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds．我们锄花园里的地以免杂草丛生。 *He has found out a new way to keep down weeds in paddy fields．他们找到了一种控制稻田杂草的新方法。 *Chemicals are used for keeping insects down．用化学药品灭虫。 6．oppress 镇压 *The police were ordered to keep down the riot．警察奉命镇压暴动。 *The government intends to keep down the revolutionaries．政府企图镇压革命者。 *The peasants were kept down initially but finally they staged an uprising．农民们起初被压服了，但最后还是举行了起义。 |
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