keep down
英 [kiːp daʊn]
美 [kiːp daʊn]
使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平; 抑制…增长; 压制; 压服; 镇压; 不使(食物或饮料)吐出
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平;抑制…增长
If youkeepthe number, size, or amount of somethingdown, you do not let it get bigger or go higher.- The prime aim is to keep inflation down...
首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。 - Administration costs were kept down to just £460.
管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。
- The prime aim is to keep inflation down...
- PHRASAL VERB 压制;压服;镇压
If someonekeepsa group of peopledown, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free.- No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
女性无论如何努力去改善自己的处境,总会受到一些障碍或看法的压制。
- No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
- PHRASAL VERB 不使(食物或饮料)吐出
If youkeepfood or drinkdown, you manage to swallow it properly and not vomit, even though you feel sick.- I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn't keep it down.
我想给她喝点东西,但她根本喝不下去。
- I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn't keep it down.
英英释义
verb
- manage not to throw up
- place a limit on the number of
- put down by force or intimidation
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
双语例句
- Energy conservation can keep down the oil prices.
能源储备能够使油价下降。 - You should try to keep down your anger.
你应该尽量克制自己的脾气。 - We must keep down the number of useless mouths.
我们必须减少吃闲饭的人。 - When we reach the footbridge over the canal, keep down or you'll bang your head on it!
船行到运河上的人行桥时,要蹲下身子,不然会碰头的。 - I'd like to eat if I could find something I could keep down.
我想如果我能找到一些吃的我可以留下来。 - We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds.
我们给花园锄草以限制杂草生长。 - We should take measures to keep down nonproductive expenses.
我们应采取措施削减非生产性开支。 - The prime aim is to keep inflation down
首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。 - Administration costs were kept down to just £ 460.
管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。 - You can keep down consumption of goods.
你可以减少物品的消耗量。