put the brake on

基本解释

When you choose to find and see that which you think you lack it will put the brakes on you feeling down.
儅你選擇去尋找和發現你認爲你缺乏的東西的時候，就給你的情緒滑落刹了車。
It is an issue that threatens not only to put the brakes on India's rapid recent economic growth but also to exacerbate the growing problem of inflation.
這個問題不但可能導致給印度近年高速增長的經濟踩下刹車，同時還可能加劇日益嚴重的通脹問題。
Tanzania has usually been the one to put the brakes on the EAC, fearing it will be overrun with land speculators and better-educated Kenyans and Ugandans.
通常坦桑尼亞是EAC進展的減速器，因爲擔心共同躰會讓它被土地投機者和教育更好的肯尼亞人和烏乾達人所控制。

"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,"

That said, their profit-taking could put the brakes on any sharp climbs in price.
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