1. keep down
1. 控制:at frist 首先 | keep...down 控制 | take care 当心
2. keep down的近义词
2. 控制,压制,镇压;压低:keep back阻止,阻挡;隐瞒,保留 | keep down控制,压制,镇压;压低 | keep from使......不(做)
3. keep down
3. 控制;压服;缩减开支:keep company with 和...交往 | keep down 控制;压服;缩减开支 | keep from 阻止;使免于;隐瞒
4. 缩减:bring down 降低 | keep down 缩减 | trim down 裁减
1. 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.
e.g. The prime aim is to keep inflation down...
首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
e.g. Administration costs were kept down to just £460.
管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。
2. 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.
keep down的近义词
e.g. 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。
3. 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.
e.g. 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。
verb
1. manage not to throw up
2. place a limit on the number of
Synonym: number
3. put down by force or intimidation
e.g. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land