美 [kiːp daʊn]
控制，限制：指保持某物在控制之下，尤其是在数量、程度或水平方面。
抑制，压制：指阻止某物增长、发展或成功。
keep down // [ keeping kept keeps ]
动词词组 If you keep the number, size, or amount of something down, you do not let it get bigger or go higher. 抑制
The prime aim is to keep inflation down.
首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
动词词组 If someone keeps a group of people down, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free. 压制
No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
不管女性如何试图改善自己的境遇，总有障碍或看法压制她们。
动词词组 If you keep food or drink down, you manage to swallow it properly and not vomit, even though you feel sick. 勉强吞下
I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn't keep it down.
我试图让她喝点儿什么，但她咽不下去。
用小活字排印
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控制；镇压；缩减
Keep down! You mustn't let anyone see you.
蹲下！一定不要让人看见你。
The company wants to keep down labour costs.
公司想保持低劳动成本。
Despite the need for more people in the market, most companies want to keep down labour costs.
尽管市场上需要更多的人手，大部分公司还是希望保持较低的劳动力成本。
And once he said: "Four-fifths of our troubles in this life would disappear if we would only sit down and keep still."
VOA : special.2010.12.23
Packs of ice were put on my forehead to keep down the fever.
冰袋放在额头上用来降温。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Everybody sit down again but don't but don't put your--keep your books handy because this is going to be pretty aerobic.
大家都坐下,但不要放下书,拿在手上,因为你们将要做些有氧运动
博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I keep my mind active and coming to school three times a week, and walking up and down the steps, that kept me physically able."
VOA : special.2010.07.16
And,the students would share in cleaning and cooking to keep costs down.
VOA : special.2010.06.27
The chancellor is adamant that gas will help keep down power bills in the future.
BBC: Energy Bill: Households to fund ?7.6bn green investment
In conjunction with weak unions, the state's high unemployment rate enables employers to keep down wages.
Politicians are reluctant to tamper with the Handwerk, whose apprenticeships keep down unemployment among the young.