curbing 是什么意思

	n. 1.做路边石的材料。 2.＝curb.

an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
同义词：curb, kerb,

	1.	I stood at the curb trying to breathe . 我站在人行道沿上想缓口气。
	2.	Elaborate funeral cars stood along the curb . 精心装饰的出殡汽车沿街排列着。
	3.	Progress has been made in curbing inflation . 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。
	4.	I sought to curb the speculation . 我想制止这种猜测。
	5.	No curb was put either on her words or actions . 她说话和行动都随心所俗，不加拘束。
	6.	They could only be curbed by an awful severity . 唯有用可怕的严厉手段才能把他们制服。
	7.	Mel curbed his irritation . 梅尔压下了他的无名火。
	8.	He curbed the impulse, arising out of his sea-training . 他把海上生活中养成的冲动习惯硬自抑制下去。
	9.	Time curbed the artist's pride and the philistine's vulgarity . 时间限制了艺术家的骄傲和市侩的鄙俗。
	10.	At times a climate may curb motives; at other times it may arouse them . 有时环境可能压抑士气，有时却能激发士气。

curbing是什么意思