自現(xiàn)象級英語
CURB
1. 英英釋義：to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect?
例句：He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot?curb?his temper sometimes.?
2. 為什么選這個詞问麸？?
“curb”是及物動詞倦沧，意思是“控制”赖淤、“限制”佣蓉。這是一個出現(xiàn)頻率極高的單詞，幾乎會出現(xiàn)在每一期《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中帅刀∨媛可以用它來替換 control 和 limit。下面通過幾個例子來掌握這個詞盒音。?
他人很好表鳍，就是有時候不太會控制自己的脾氣，可以說：?
He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot?curb?his temper sometimes.
很多年前紐約市為了限制高峰期交通祥诽，提高了停車費(fèi)譬圣，我們就可以說：?
Many years ago New York City raised parking fees in order to?curb?rush-hour traffic.
北京為了控?zé)煄啄昵俺雠_了相關(guān)法律，不過一點(diǎn)用都沒有原押，就可以說：?
To?curb?smoking in public areas, Beijing rolled out a regulation against it a few years ago. Thanks to lack of enforcement, however, smokers still smoke in public, completely disregarding the rule and people around them.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》一篇關(guān)于非洲恐怖主義的文章中就用到了 curb：?
At the same time, they could work harder to?curb?corruption and human-rights abuses by their armies and police forces.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在另一篇關(guān)于 YouTube 監(jiān)管的文章中也用到了 curb：?
Governments meanwhile are taking direct action to?curb?content that they deem inappropriate.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在寫移民問題時常常會用到 curb, 比如一篇關(guān)于魁北克政治的文章中就用到了：?
Mr Legault, a former airline executive, campaigned to?curb?immigration, even though the province has a labour shortage, and to deny work permits to newcomers who fail tests of “Quebec values” and proficiency in French.
最近有一期《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》Special report 寫的是南非胁镐，其中多次用到了 curb, 比如這句：?
It was then that Jacob Zuma began his nine-year reign as president, during which time the thuggish kleptocrat and his cronies ransacked state-owned enterprises (SOEs), plundered local and provincial governments, and ravaged the law-enforcement institutions set up to?curb?such looting.
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞？?
1）翻譯下面的句子： 特朗普對移民很不友好诸衔，一上臺就開始限制移民盯漂。(兩次提到移民用一個immigration即可，很不友好：extremely/ utterly unfriendly to/ towards, 上臺become president, be elected president)?
Trump is extremely unfriendly towards immigration and started to curb it as soon as he became president.?
Utterly unfriendly to immigration, Trump started to curb it as soon as he was elected president.
造句
例1：To curb mass tourism, Venice rolled out a controversial proposal ?to tax day-trippers. 威尼斯限流舉措
例2：Many feel children’s spelling skills have been especially?eroded?by over-reliance on electronic devices, which capitalize on their ineptitude and inertia. Such trend should be curbed. ?寫字水平下降
例3：We must curb our stage fright, and speak out with coolness and deliberation. 舞臺恐懼癥
個人拓展
搭配： curb one's temper, curb one's desires
curb traffic/ content/ corruption/ smoking/ immigration/ looting/ tax evasion/ expenses/ spending?
背誦
curb, control, limit
He is a nice guy, and it is just that he cannot?curb?his temper sometimes.
To?curb?smoking in public areas, Beijing rolled out a regulation against it a few years ago. Thanks to lack of enforcement, however, smokers still smoke in public, completely disregarding the rule and people around them.
