- curb (on something) something that controls and puts limits on something起控制（或限制）作用的事物
- curbs on government spending对政府开支的限制措施
- Many companies have imposed curbs on smoking in the workplace.许多公司已经限制在工作场所吸烟。
- We are in favour of strict curbs on government spending.我们赞成对政府开支采取严格限制措施。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + curbprepositionSee full entry - (North American English)
(British English kerb)
the edge of the raised path at the side of a road, usually made of long pieces of stone（由条石砌成的）路缘，道牙，马路牙子- The bus mounted the curb (= went onto the sidewalk) and hit a tree.那辆公交车开上路缘撞到了一棵树上。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a strap fastened to the bit): from Old French courber ‘bend, bow’, from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’.
