curbed
past simple and past participle ofcurb
| 单词 | curbed |
| 释义 | curbed past simple and past participle ofcurb curb verb[T] uk/kɜːb/us/kɝːb/C2 tocontrolorlimitsomething that is notwanted: Thegovernmentshouldactto curbtaxevasion.
Limiting and restricting
Examplesofcurbedcurbed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such as carnival with its subversive potential for social inversion, werecurbed. From theCambridge English Corpus Campaigners swore that women's selfish indulgence would becurbed, their obedience compelled if it could not be enjoined. From theCambridge English Corpus Thiscurbedtogetherness with family and contributed to a feeling of loneliness and was emotionally difficult to handle. From theCambridge English Corpus That would have enabled an early enforcement of preventive action including immunoprophylaxis, which might havecurbedthe outbreak earlier. From theCambridge English Corpus Lithium carbonate was started at that point, and although it did not prevent the episode, it probablycurbedthe severity somewhat and shortened the course. From theCambridge English Corpus A people, 'curbedunder the exigencies of the unlimited division of property ', remained under the thumb of fiscal agents and salaried functionaries. From theCambridge English Corpus He is notcurbedby any written law or custom and those whom he oppresses have not so much as a right to complain. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, there is little understanding that growth in consumption by the rich should becurbed. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no doubt that his comparative isolation has brought benefits and forms of insight that might otherwise have beencurbed. From theCambridge English Corpus On closer inspection, only the department stores werecurbedand temporary trade tackled. From theCambridge English Corpus But if these institutions were constraints thatcurbedthe universal mechanisms of politics, making them work democratically, what is their origin? From theCambridge English Corpus Signs suggest that in recent years the development of the first type has beencurbedby some structural restraints, such as strengthened market regulations and anti-corruption measures. From theCambridge English Corpus In terms of public ethics and the administration of justice, the mere knowledge of the existence of this mechanism may havecurbedexcesses by ordinary judges and magistrates. From theCambridge English Corpus The utility of such an ex ante-compiled list of scientific norms is thus significantlycurbedand just at the moment when it is supposed to be invoked. From theCambridge English Corpus The music teacher's satisfaction with the results might becurbedby the fact that remarkably few pupils' descriptions of music experiences expressly referred to school activities. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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