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curb n.控制,约束 When you're using the word curb as a noun, it's the raised edging beside a street. When curb is a verb, it means to restrain or hold back, like when you curb your impulse to laugh while watching a badly acted play. Curb comes from the Latin word for "curve," curvus, which describes the shape of a restraining strap on a horse's head — in the fifteenth century, this band was called a curb. ★★☆☆☆ 2010.2

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[kə:b] The hard thing about learning how to parallel park is trying to get the car close enough to the curb without hitting it. A curb is the edge of the sidewalk beside the road. Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. 1[VERB 动词]控制；抑制；限定；约束 If  you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.   [V n]  [be V-ed]  [oft N on n]...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。Curb is also a noun.He called for much stricter curbs on immigration.他呼吁对移民采取更严格的限制措施。2[VERB 动词]控制，约束(情绪或行为) If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control.   [V n]He curbed his temper...他稳住了情绪。You must curb your extravagant tastes.你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。3  →see: kerb；

英语单词	curb
英美音标	[kə:b]
中文释义	n.控制,约束
vocab简明	The hard thing about learning how to parallel park is trying to get the car close enough to the curb without hitting it. A curb is the edge of the sidewalk beside the road.
vocab扩展	When you're using the word curb as a noun, it's the raised edging beside a street. When curb is a verb, it means to restrain or hold back, like when you curb your impulse to laugh while watching a badly acted play. Curb comes from the Latin word for "curve," curvus, which describes the shape of a restraining strap on a horse's head — in the fifteenth century, this band was called a curb.
真题原句	Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]控制；抑制；限定；约束 If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits. [V n] [be V-ed] [oft N on n] ...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids... 旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告 Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia. 俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。 Curb is also a noun. He called for much stricter curbs on immigration. 他呼吁对移民采取更严格的限制措施。 2 [VERB 动词]控制，约束(情绪或行为) If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control. [V n] He curbed his temper... 他稳住了情绪。 You must curb your extravagant tastes. 你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。 3 →see: kerb ；
来源	2010.2

Curb N Word Called Verb 动词 [V Ed