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hold ／ keep at bay ： keep ／ hold at check — 499
由于这两个短语动词的意义比较接近，往往容易相混；
其实， hold ／ keep at bay 作“刹住”讲，而 keep ／ hold at check 则是“控制住”或“阻止住”的意思。
例如：
Industry as a whole is trying to keep rising cost at bay. 总的说来，发展工业是足以刹住日益增长的物价的。
Unless imports are kept at check we are in danger of losingour favourable balance of trade. 要不是对进口有所控制，我们就会失去贸易顺差的优势。
The enemy was kept ／ hold at check by the flood water. 敌军已被洪水阻挡住了。
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