keep down

控制; 使不升起; 使留级; 吞下药物

1. 控制：at frist 首先 | keep...down 控制 | take care 当心

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. 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.

    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。

1. The town is offering cash rewards to overweight residents who slim down and more money if they keep the weight off.

2. Lufthansa Cargo said it will likely charter planes - to keep costs down - rather than buy new ones to meet increased demand in Asia.

3. Bird keepers at zoos across Germany began chasing down their pheasants, peacocks and other wild birds to keep them caged during the coming months.

4. Woods played his chip up the slope and watched it trickle down, begging from his knees for it to keep going.

5. He also feels the FH gene is not the only reason why children should be prescribed statins to keep their cholesterol down.

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6. The NDRC also pledged on Friday to boost efforts to keep prices stable by clamping down on companies colluding to raise prices.

7. " It can keep walking for several kilometers and climb up and down with two legs, " said the owner.

8. Zhang said the surging energy demand and the government decision to close down small collieries would still keep supply tight to meet demand.

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9. The tourism administration said that it tries to crack down on behaviors that violate tourism regulations to keep order in the tourism market.

10. Many people wore conical party hats and 2010 glasses that blinked colorfully, and some were jumping up and down to keep warm.

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