英汉词典

curb 基本解释

• n. 抑制；路边；勒马绳
• vt. 控制；勒住

curb 词态变化

curb 中文词源

来自PIE*sker,转，弯，围，词源同ring,curve.

curb 英文词源

curb

curb: [15] Ultimately, curb and curve are the same word. Latin curvāre ‘bend’ passed into Old French as courber, which Middle English borrowed as courbe ‘bend’. This seems to have formed the basis of a noun courbe or curb, which was originally used for a strap to restrain a horse, the underlying meaning perhaps being that pulling on the strap ‘bent’ the horse’s neck, thereby restraining it.

The sense ‘enclosing framework’ began to emerge in the early 16th century, perhaps mainly through the influence of the French noun courbe, which meant ‘curved piece of timber, iron, etc used in building’. Its chief modern descendant is ‘pavement edge’, a 19th-century development, which has generally been spelled kerb in British English.
=> circle, crown, curve

curb (n.)

late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal), from Old French courbe (12c.) "curb on a horse," from Latin curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to "margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1791 (sometimes spelled kerb). Figurative sense of "a check, a restraint" is from 1610s.

curb (v.)

1520s, of horses, "to lead to a curb," from curb (n.). Figurative use from 1580s. Related: Curbed; curbing.

curb 英文释义

1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

3. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

"his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

curb 同义词解析

restrain, check, refrain, bridle, curb, inhibit

这些动词均含"阻止，抑制，制止"之意。

restrain： 含义广，指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。

check： 多指阻止前进或继续发展。

refrain： 常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。

bridle： 指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。

curb： 可指急剧或果断的制止，也可指用严格的方法加以控制。

inhibit： 主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头，也指制止某物的蔓延。

curb 双语例句

1. Wade released the hand brake and pulled away from the curb.

韦德松开手刹驶离路边。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A large, shiny black limo pulled up to the curb.

一辆闪亮的黑色豪华大轿车在路边停下。

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3. You must curb your extravagant tastes.

你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。

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4. He needs to learn to curb his temper.

他得学着控制自己的脾气。

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5. I began to curb my appetite for food and drink.

我开始节制饮食.

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curb 实用场景例句

He needs to learn to curb his temper.

他得学着控制自己的脾气。

牛津词典

A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation.

为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。

牛津词典

curbs on government spending

对政府开支的限制措施

牛津词典

...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...

旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.

俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He curbed his temper...

他稳住了情绪。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You must curb your extravagant tastes.

你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

US drinks producers curb soft drinks in schools.

儿童肥胖问题严重美饮料商校园限量销售.

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You cut the corner too short and ran over the curb. You need a little more practice.

你转的弯太小,所以压到了安全带; 您需要多多练习.

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Such a move would curb childhood obesity by 5 to 7 percent, the analysis found.

分析表明,这一举措将使儿童肥胖率减少5%到7%.

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That figure is frequently used in calculations of the effectiveness of attempts to curb emissions.

这个数字常常被用于计算减排措施的有效性.

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We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.

我们可以通过教育来控制少年犯罪.

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The public demanded a curb on military spending.

公众要求限制军事开支.

辞典例句

Moreover, China is already trying to curb its emissions.

况且, 中国已在尽力减排.

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This 1965 treaty obliges the member states of the United make laws to curb racial discrimination.

这一1965年的协约促使了美国的成员州立法来限制种族歧视.

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Macro - control ability to curb price rises?

宏观 调控能否抑制房价上涨?

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We must curb inflation.

我们必须控制通货膨胀.

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He was able to find the curb when he walks around he doesn't bump into things.

“他走路时能沿着边缘走了而且不会碰到任何东西”.

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Wang said the limits mainly aim to curb deliberate use of the chemical as an additive.

他说这个标准主要是为了防止厂商蓄意添加这种化学制剂而制定的.

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She put a curb on her spending.

她限制自己的消费.

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The government is trying to curb the use of fuels and promote renewable energy.

中国政府现在正在试图减少石油的消费,提升可更新能源的消费.

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He stepped off the curb and told me it was safe to cross.

他走下马路沿儿,告诉我现在可以过去了.

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The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.

压制这群暴徒的惟一方法是使用催泪瓦斯.

《简明英汉词典》

That a larger number of shares locked is not conducive to curb market speculation.

认为股份锁定数量较多,不利于抑制市场炒作.

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Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌.

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China's economy, too, has been cooling as Beijing has sought to curb inflation.

同时, 由于中国政府力图抑制通胀,中国经济也在降温.

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Democratic election and public opinion supervision help curb corruption.

民主选举和舆论监督都有利于抑制腐败.

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Britons are more willing than Americans to curb civil liberties in pursuit of security.

英国民众比美国人更愿意牺牲公民自由来换取安全.

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The drainage, guardrails , tunnels, curb stones street lamps, and other street equipment of the roads.

道路之排水沟渠、护栏、涵洞 、 缘石、拦路石 、 挡土墙、路灯及属于道路上各项标志、号志 、 管制设施、设备等.

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