keep down

• 短语动词，表示防止某物上升、增加或引起注意；也指压制或控制某人或某事。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of preventing something from rising, increasing, or being noticed; or to suppress or control something.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Control or limitinformal

   To prevent something from increasing or becoming too high.

   控制

   • We need to keep down the noise in the library.
   • The government is trying to keep down inflation.
   • Please keep down your voice during the movie.

   同义词capcheckcontaincontrolcurbhold downlimitreducerestrainsuppress

   反义词boostelevateescalateincreaseraise

2. Suppress or oppressformal

   To prevent a group of people from having power or freedom.

   压制

   • The regime kept down the opposition with force.
   • They tried to keep down the rebellion.
   • Minorities were kept down for decades.

   同义词crushdominateoppressquellrepresssubjugatesuppresstyrannize

   反义词emancipatefreeliberaterelease

3. Retain food or drinkinformal

   To manage to eat or drink without vomiting.

   不吐出来

   • She was so sick she couldn't keep down any food.
   • He managed to keep down the medicine.
   • The patient could only keep down clear liquids.

   同义词hold downretain

基本动词keep