curb / kɜːb /
- v.控制，抑制；勒住（马）
- n.控制，抑制；<美>路缘，马路牙子；（马的跗关节后部因扭伤韧带引起的）硬瘤
to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect
measures to curb the spread of the virus
短语：
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
抑制热情 - curb inflation
抑制通货膨胀 - Pull over the curb
靠路边停车
例句：
- He needs to learn to curb his temper.
- 他得学着控制自己的脾气。
- It's easier to pick up apples than to drag tree branches all the way to the curb.
- 摘苹果比把树枝一直拖到路边要容易得多。
- If patients pay very little out of their own pockets, they have little desire to curb consumption.
- 如果病人自掏腰包支付的钱很少，他们就不会有遏制消费的意愿。
curriculum / kəˈrɪkjələm /
- n.课程
the subjects that are taught by a school, college etc, or the things that are studied in a particular subject
Languages are an essential part of the school curriculum.
curriculum planning
短语：
- curriculum vitae
简历 ; 履历 ; 履历表 ; 个人简历 - curriculum included
课程包含 ; 课程包孕 ; 课程包罗 - hidden curriculum
- 隐性课程
例句：
- The curriculum needs breadth and balance.
- 课程设置应该内容广泛而且均衡。
- The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid.
- 课程设置过于狭窄和死板。
- Music is an integral part of the school's curriculum.
- 音乐是这所学校的课程中基本的一环。
cursory / ˈkɜːsəri /
- adj.粗略的，草率的，匆忙的
done very quickly without much attention to details
cursory glance/look
Even a cursory glance at the figures will tell you that sales are down.
cursory examination/inspection
a cursory examination of the evidence
短语：
- a cursory trip
走马观花之行 - take a cursory glance
略看一看 - cursory processing
粗加工
例句：
- Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
- 伯克粗略瞥了眼菜单，然后啪地合上了。
- Her technique remained awkward, thin, and often cursory.
- 她的技巧仍然笨拙、单薄，而且常常很粗略。
- Parkin's characterization of the movement as Neo-Scholastic is too cursory to be accepted without further investigation.
- 帕金不经过进一步的调查就将这场运动定性为新经院学派运动的行为过于草率，令人无法接受。
