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单词 keep down
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keep down
1 PHRASAL VERB 使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平;抑制增长 If you keep the number, size, or amount of something down, you do not let it get bigger or go higher. 使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平;抑制增长
  • The prime aim is to keep inflation down. [VERB noun PREP.]

    首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。

  • Administration costs were kept down to just £460. [VERB PREP. noun]

    管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。

SYN restrict, limit, check, curb
2 PHRASAL VERB 压制;压服;镇压 If someone keeps a group of people down, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free. 压制;压服;镇压 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
  • No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down. [VERB noun PREP.]

    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。

SYN oppress, burden, depress, harass
3 PHRASAL VERB 不使(食物或饮料)吐出 If you keep food or drink down, you manage to swallow it properly and not vomit, even though you feel sick. 不使(食物或饮料)吐出
  • I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn't keep it down. [VERB noun PREP.]

    我想给她喝点东西,但她根本喝不下去。

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