put the brakes on

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down. idiomatic,transitive
    — "[T]he fight I saw that day made the others look like a young ladies' quadrille. . . . [Y]ou could no more separate them two than you could put the brakes on a blame earthquake."
  2. To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity. idiomatic,intransitive
    — "It would have been so easy for him to have the kids rolling on the floor, doubled up with laughter. So he had to put the brakes on at times."

词形变化

puts the brakes on present,singular,third-person putting the brakes on participle,present put the brakes on participle,past put the brakes on past put on the brakes alternative

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