v.控制；镇压；缩减

keeps down───v.控制；镇压；缩减

beat down───打倒；杀价；大雨倾盆而下；强烈地照射下来

get down───下来；吞下；使沮丧

keep down───v.控制；镇压；缩减

kept on───继续；穿着…不脱

let down───使失望；放下；辜负；减速下降

melt down───熔化；融掉

sent down───把…向下发送；使下降（价格等）；开除

set down───放下；记下；看做；确定

If inflation is successfully kept down, this could rise to an average of 5.5%.───如果能成功抑制通胀，该涨幅有望达到5.5%。

people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.───多年来人们一直受到残暴统治的压制。

Manufacturing prices could be kept down, too, because generic-drug makers could compete as soon as a drug was ready.───一旦找到了药物，那么由于基因药物制药商参加竞争，制药价格也可以被压低。

Intellectuals and members of the opposition can be kept down by his security forces; the masses, when they stir, may be harder to handle.───他的安保部队可以对付知识分子和反对派成员；但群众若发生骚动，局面则很难控制。

Pollution in general is something that we have kept down, in both your interests and that of Mother Earth.───某些主要的污染我们已经阻止了，对于你们和地球母亲都是有益的。

The merits of being easy to synchronize and extract timing clock is still kept down.───它同时保留了易于同步和提取时钟的优点。

Haas was afraid that if he failed his examinations again, he would be kept down next year.───哈斯担心他如果再考不及格，下一年就得留级了。

If he failed in the exam again, he would be kept down next term.───如果他考试再不及格，下学期他就得留级。

eg: Costs will have to be kept down if severe public censure is to be avoided.───要避免公众严厉的指责就得维持低成本。

The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime.

Haas was afraid that if he failed his examinations again, he would be kept down next year.

If he failed in the exam again, he would be kept down next term.

She thinks that women have been kept down by men for long enough.

Also relative humidity must be kept down.

Administration costs were kept down to just ￡460.

I trust that the Times editorial policy under Parks will begin with the business-side difficulties kept down to a dull roar.

The child kept down in bed the whole day.

Costs will have to be kept down if severe public censure is to be avoided.