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单词 curb
释义
curb
verb[T]
uk
/kɜːb/us
/kɝːb/
C2
tocontrolorlimitsomething that is notwanted:
控制；限制，约束；抑制
Thegovernmentshouldactto curbtaxevasion.政府应该采取行动抑制逃税。
More examples
  • He is someone whofindsitdifficultto curb hisfleshlydesires.
  • You really need to curbyourspending.
  • Thepolicearetryingto curb under-agedrinking.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Limiting and restricting
  • anti-libertarian
  • boundary
  • boxsomeone/somethingin
  • chain
  • chainsomeonetosomething
  • cramp
  • crowd
  • curtail
  • curtailment
  • damage limitation
  • debilitating
  • hamstring
  • limit
  • limitation
  • limiting
  • localize
  • non-exempt
  • straitjacket
  • tempered
  • tiesomeonedown
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curb
noun[C]
uk
/kɜːb/us
/kɝːb/

curbnoun[C](CONTROL)

alimiton something that is notwanted:
控制；限制，约束；抑制
You musttryto put a curbonyourbadtemper/spendinghabits.你必须尽量控制你的坏脾气／大手大脚的习惯。
Synonyms
check(LIMIT)
constraint
control(POWER)
curtailment
limit
limitation
restraint
restriction
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Range and limits
  • all the way toidiom
  • ambit
  • anywhere
  • band
  • bound
  • condition
  • glass ceiling
  • limit
  • limited
  • meta
  • multiparameter
  • realm
  • restricted
  • scope
  • specialized
  • spectrum
  • spread
  • stretch
  • string
  • strings attachedidiom
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curbnoun[C](EDGE)

USspelling ofkerbUK
（kerb 的美式拼法）
picture of curb
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Road surfaces & features
  • asphalt
  • asphalting
  • bike lane
  • bitumen
  • black spot
  • cycle lane
  • cycle track
  • double yellow line
  • dropped kerb
  • fast lane
  • pavement
  • paver
  • paving stone
  • potholed
  • pullsomeonein
  • speed bump
  • tarmac
  • tight turn
  • traffic island
  • verge
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(Definition ofcurbfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

curb| American Dictionary

curb
noun[C]
us
/kɜrb/

curbnoun[C](EDGE)

araisededgealong thesideof astreet, oftenformingpartof apathforpeopletowalkon:
Shestoodon the curb andwaiteduntil thelightturnedgreentocrossthestreet.
curb
verb[T]
us
/kɜrb/

curbverb[T](CONTROL)

tocontrolthegrowthorexpressionof something:
You’ve got tolearnto curbyourtemper.
(Definition ofcurbfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

curb| Business English

curb
verb[T]
uk
/kɜːb/us
tocontrolorlimitsomething that is notwanted:
The Government shouldactto curbtaxevasion.
We will have to curbexpenses.
curb
noun[C]
uk
/kɜːb/us
alimiton something that is notwanted:
curb (on sth)Thelegislaturehas put a curb onoutsourcingstatecontractwork.
(Definition ofcurbfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurb

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However, economic progress and delivery of social services, such as healthcare and education, also depend on the success of the efforts tocurbrampant corruption.
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The application of control measures thatcurbhuman infection in endemic areas depends critically on the detection of infected people.
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The latter is directed at curbing the political as opposed to the judicial criteria for appointments.
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Tocurbworker feuds, managers confined workers for three days if they fought with fellow workers.
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Extending the medical code of ethics to establishments that employ doctors (even if not owned by doctors) maycurbunethical referral practices.
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Initially it was an economic institution designed tocurbthe power of plutocrats who were manipulating medicinal drug markets in their favor.
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For the sake of regional stability, he tried tocurbthe efforts at reform, especially the demands for increased national independence.
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Therefore, it appears that inoculative biocontrol programmes should be applied early in spring in order tocurbthe increasing mealybug density later in summer.
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Environmental policy, fostered by international agreements, gives a better explanation why pollution curbs downward at high income levels.
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The counterpoints to the mutability of style were the legal constraints designed tocurbthe fashion impulse, bridling the sartorial ambitions of non-elites.
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The paper also offers suggestions on extra disclosures that might help in curbing earnings management.
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Entry of sheep was banned while curbs like grazing fee were imposed for other cattle.
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Apart from official attempts tocurbthe institution and its actions, partisan control over the institution is therefore an additional risk.
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The figure suggests that the conditions are fairly permissive and one minister will generally have an incentive tocurbhis spending.
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While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such as carnival with its subversive potential for social inversion, were curbed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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