| 词汇 | 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。 |
| 随便看 |
|
时代网英语在线翻译词典收录了323754条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。