Pump the brakes on sth. 停止做某事

2023-02-04 18:40:17  每日學(xué)英語
pump the brakes原本是駕車術(shù)語，指“一踏一放制動(dòng)器”。pump the brakes on sth. 停止做某事，與put the brakes on sth.意思差不多。


【例句】

The government has taken some steps to put the brakes on inflation.

政府已采取措施來抑制通貨膨脹。


They should put the brakes on bad spending habit.

他們應(yīng)該遏制不良的消費(fèi)習(xí)慣。

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