curb

1. V-T If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits. 抑制

...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of AIDS. …旨在抑制愛滋病蔓延的廣告。

2. N-COUNT Curb is also a noun. 控制; 限制

He called for much stricter curbs on immigration. 他呼訏對移民實行更爲嚴格的限制。

3. V-T If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control. 控制 (脾氣、行爲等)

He curbed his temper. 他控制住了自己的脾氣。

4. N-COUNT [美國英語] →see kerb

5. N-COUNT a swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain (馬腿上由扭傷導致的)腫脹[vet science]