例句
英語六級真題
My anchor must put the brakes on my traveling plans.
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
He usually checks his brakes before a trip
出自-2012年12月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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制動器；剎車；車閘
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
例句
The brakes began locking...
制動器開始鎖定。
A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
一只海鷗突然撲到她的車前，她急忙猛踩剎車。
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VERB
剎車；用剎車使（車）減速；剎住（車）
When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.
例句
He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
為避免相撞而剎車時，他聽到了輪胎與地面刺耳的摩擦聲。
She braked sharply to avoid another car...
她為了躲另一輛車而緊急剎車。
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抑制因素；約束
You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.
例句
Illness had put a brake on his progress...
疾病使他的進展放緩。
You can take the financial brakes off in June.
6月份可以放開金融管制。
英英詞典釋義