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英语单词“put the brakes on”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 put the brakes on 释义

put the brakes on

idiom(also mainlyUKput a brake on)toslowdown orstopanactivity:抑制;控制;制止Thecityhas put thebrakesonfurtherspending.市政府已经控制进一步的开支了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing something to end
  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • all good things (must) come to an endidiom
  • and have done with itidiom
  • be over the humpidiom
  • draw
  • jacksomethingin
  • killsomethingstone-deadidiom
  • knock
  • knock off (something)
  • lay
  • lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
  • lid
  • lift
  • raise
  • staunch
  • stem
  • stopper
  • stranglesomethingat birthidiom
  • subdue
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(Definition ofput the brakes onfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)

put the brakes on something/someone| American Dictionary

put the brakes onsomething/someone

idiomtosloworstoptheprogressof something or someone:Raisingtaxesnow would put thebrakesoneconomicrecovery.(Definition ofput the brakes on something/someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/put-the-brakes-on##