单词 | keep down |
释义 | keep down (once / 2635 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY keep down: keeping down, keeps down, kept down USAGE EXAMPLESThere were gaping rectangular spaces on the dashboard instead of air-conditioner vents, so the windows were kept down. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Good way to keep down the vote of people with jobs. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) In the real world you don't need to read position papers to find out that employers conspire to keep down wagers. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) 1 v place a limit on the number of 2Syn|Hyper number circumscribe, confine, limit restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" v manage not to throw up 3Ant barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, throw up, vomit up eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth v put down by force or intimidation China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently Syn|Hyper quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate crush, oppress, suppress come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
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