keep down

英 [kiːp daʊn]

美 [kiːp daʊn]

使（数目、大小、数量等）保持在低水平; 抑制…增长; 压制; 压服; 镇压; 不使（食物或饮料）吐出

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 使（数目、大小、数量等）保持在低水平；抑制…增长
If youkeepthe number, size, or amount of somethingdown, you do not let it get bigger or go higher.
1. The prime aim is to keep inflation down...
  首要目标是抑制通货膨胀。
2. Administration costs were kept down to just £460.
  管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。
PHRASAL VERB 压制；压服；镇压
If someonekeepsa group of peopledown, they prevent them from getting power and status and being completely free.
1. No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
  女性无论如何努力去改善自己的处境，总会受到一些障碍或看法的压制。
PHRASAL VERB 不使（食物或饮料）吐出
If youkeepfood or drinkdown, you manage to swallow it properly and not vomit, even though you feel sick.
1. I tried to give her something to drink but she couldn't keep it down.
  我想给她喝点东西，但她根本喝不下去。

verb

manage not to throw up
place a limit on the number of
Synonym:number
put down by force or intimidation
1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Synonym:repressquashsubduesubjugatereduce

Administration costs were kept down to just £ 460.
管理费用被控制在区区460英镑。
I keep down my expenses this year.
我紧缩今年的开支。
The white racists tried to keep down the Indians by force.
白人种族主义者企图用武力压服印第安人。
When we reach the footbridge over the canal, keep down or you'll bang your head on it!
船行到运河上的人行桥时，要蹲下身子，不然会碰头的。
She seems weak and she cannot keep down anything she has a stomachache and a sight fever.
她好像很虚弱，而且吃了就吐。她胃痛而且有点发烧。
It is convenient for hardware asset management and statistic, and can lookup clew and keep down proof for illegal action.
方便硬件资产管理和统计；对非法的行为能够查找线索、保留证据；
The company tries to keep down the cost.
这个公司试图控制成本。
Keep down or you'll be hit by shell fragments.
别起来，否则你会被弹片击中的。
I'd like to eat if I could find something I could keep down.
我想如果我能找到一些吃的我可以留下来。
You should try to keep down your anger.
你应该尽量克制自己的脾气。