英语词汇“to keep a tight rein on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to keep a tight rein on (also over), to keep on a tight rein and variants: to keep under close control.

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1717 T. Wise Fourteen Disc. 229 We stand obliged to keep a tight Rein over all our fleshly Lusts and Inclinations.

1753 W. Smith tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 241 To fit out their navy, in which their strength principally consisted, and keep a tight rein over all their dependants.

1827 Westm. Rev. Apr. 405 He had to keep a tight rein over the populace.

1895 Green Bag 7 352/1 O'Conor was greatest in knowledge of the law, but he always kept a tight rein on his imagination.

1908 A. Brereton Life Henry Irving II. ix. 143 The actor has mastered his means..and keeps a tight rein on those peculiarities of gesture and expression which used to run away with him.

1976 J. Brewer Party Ideol. & Pop. Politics at Accession George III (1981) ii. vii. 134 Apologists of the Old Corps..were concerned to keep the king on a tight rein.

2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 210 Time Warner..claim to have kept a tight rein on the amount of tie-in merchandise being released in Harry's name.

单词	to keep a tight rein on
释义	> as lemmas to keep a tight rein on (also over) P2. to keep a tight rein on (also over), to keep on a tight rein and variants: to keep under close control. ΚΠ 1717 T. Wise Fourteen Disc. 229 We stand obliged to keep a tight Rein over all our fleshly Lusts and Inclinations. 1753 W. Smith tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 241 To fit out their navy, in which their strength principally consisted, and keep a tight rein over all their dependants. 1827 Westm. Rev. Apr. 405 He had to keep a tight rein over the populace. 1895 Green Bag 7 352/1 O'Conor was greatest in knowledge of the law, but he always kept a tight rein on his imagination. 1908 A. Brereton Life Henry Irving II. ix. 143 The actor has mastered his means..and keeps a tight rein on those peculiarities of gesture and expression which used to run away with him. 1976 J. Brewer Party Ideol. & Pop. Politics at Accession George III (1981) ii. vii. 134 Apologists of the Old Corps..were concerned to keep the king on a tight rein. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 210 Time Warner..claim to have kept a tight rein on the amount of tie-in merchandise being released in Harry's name. extracted from reinn.¹ < as lemmas
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