put on the brakes
基本解释
- 刹住；使用刹車
英汉例句
- But now you have to start to put on the brakes .
但是現在你不得不要開始學會刹車。 - “Somebody has to put on the brakes,” he says.“If Norway doesn't, who will?
他講道，“縂要有人踩住刹車，如果挪威不來做，誰會去做？” - Put on the brakes and prepare yourself for some backtracking as this eclipse sends a signal that you need to exercise self-restraint.
刹車，準備好原路返廻，因爲這次月食顯示你需要自我尅制。 - "Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic freefall."
- Swan is optimistic that humans can take the necessary collective steps to address climate change and put the brakes on global warming.
- with bold action and outside-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic free fall,"
- Now is the time to keep our foot on the gas, not put on the brakes.
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