stem the

题目

stem the

答案

stem the tide
[英][stem ðə taid][美][stɛm ði taɪd]
n.顶潮航行; [体]挽回颓势;
例句:
1.
This rule was used to stem the tide of imported videos.
制定本规定是为了遏制进口录像带的增长.
2.
He suggests that focusing on individual diet plans of any kind may be misguided,and that only community-wide change will truly be able to stem the tide of obesity.
他认为任何一种针对于个人的饮食计划都是不明智的,只有在社会团体范围内的改变才能真正遏制肥胖的浪潮.
3.
The white ruling classes in south africa try to stem the tide against the color bar,but their efforts are doomed to failure.
南非的白人统治集团企图阻止反对种族歧视的浪潮,但是他们的努力是注定要失败的.
4.
Uther lightbringer and his knights of the silver hand try to stem the tide of the disease,but fail.
乌瑟尔?光明使者和白银之手骑士团试图阻止疾病的蔓延,但是没有成功.
5.
Horrific news reports about 12-year-old girls dying in childbirth do little to stem the tide of child marriage there.
一个12岁的女孩曾经在分娩时死亡,类似这样的消息丝毫未能阻止这个国家童婚的趋势.