1PHRASAL VERB 使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平;抑制…增长 If you keep the number, size, or amount of something down, you do not let it get bigger or go higher. 使(数目、大小、数量等)保持在低水平;抑制…增长
The prime aim is to keep inflation down. [VERB noun PREP.]
首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
Administration costs were kept down to just £460. [VERBPREP. noun]
2PHRASAL VERB 压制;压服;镇压 If someone keeps a group of people down, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free. 压制;压服;镇压 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down. [VERB noun PREP.]