| 单词 | keep something down |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to cause (numbers or costs) not to increase The prime aim is to keep inflation down. Synonyms restrict a move to restrict the number of students on campus at any one time limit He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. check Today's meeting must focus on checking the spread of violence. curb He must learn to curb that temper of his. fix He's fixed a time when I can see him. specify restrain He grabbed my arm, partly to restrain me. demarcate The police demarcated the city into eighteen geographical divisions. delimit This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt. Additional synonymsin the sense of check Definition to slow the growth or progress of Today's meeting must focus on checking the spread of violence. Synonyms stop, control, limit, arrest, delay, halt, curb, bar, restrain, inhibit, rein, thwart, hinder, repress, obstruct, retard, impede, bridle, stem the flow of, nip in the bud, put a spoke in someone's wheel in the sense of curb Definition to control or restrain He must learn to curb that temper of his. Synonyms restrain, control, check, contain, restrict, moderate, suppress, inhibit, subdue, hinder, repress, constrain, retard, impede, muzzle, bridle, stem the flow of, keep a tight rein on in the sense of delimit Definition to mark or lay down the limits of This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt. Synonyms define, mark (out), determine, fix, bound, demarcateNearby words of |
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