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.
  1. The prime aim is to keep inflation down...
     首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
  2. Administration costs were kept down to just £460.
     管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• manage not to throw up
• place a limit on the number of
  Synonym:number
• put down by force or intimidation
  1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
  Synonym:repressquashsubduesubjugatereduce

双语例句

• The prime aim is to keep inflation down
  首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
• 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。
• The white racists tried to keep down the Indians by force.
  白人种族主义者企图用武力压服印第安人。
• Keep down or you'll be hit by shell fragments.
  别起来，否则你会被弹片击中的。
• I keep down my expenses this year.
  我紧缩今年的开支。
• It is convenient for hardware asset management and statistic, and can lookup clew and keep down proof for illegal action.
  方便硬件资产管理和统计；对非法的行为能够查找线索、保留证据；
• As to the thing that the copyright included in the content and other ownership declaration, you should respect and keep down its copy.
  对于内容中所含的版权和其他所有权声明，您应予以尊重并在其副本中予以保留。
• Keep down of you'll bang your head on the bridge!
  你的身子不要挺起来，否则你的头就会猛碰到桥上了！
• You can keep down consumption of goods.
  你可以减少物品的消耗量。
• 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。