单词 | curbing |
释义 | curbing (once / 5146 pages) n WORD FAMILY curbing: curbings+/curb: curbed, curbing, curbs/curbed: uncurbed USAGE EXAMPLESThe next Congress and president appear set on significantly curbing government health programs. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It scrapped high-denomination currency, with a view, officials said, to curbing illicit wealth and the financing of terrorism. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) The U.S. and other world powers agreed last year to lift the sanctions on Iran in exchange for it curbing its nuclear activities. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) n an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) Syn|Hyper curb, kerb edge a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object |
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