1.(用灰把火)封上
1.to cause a fire to burn more slowly by adding ash or by reducing the flow of air
2.to control, restrain, or reduce the intensity of something
3.to flatten something by pressing or smoothing it with a slightly wet object
1.That scab union was a tool used by the capitalists in their vain attempt to damp down the labour movement.
那个黄色工会是资本家妄图用来扑灭工人运动的工具。
2.Elsewhere, the renminbi has risen a bit, capital ratios have been increased, and regulations introduced to damp down the property market.
此外，人民币略有升值，资本充足率得到改善，央行还出台了相关规定给房地产市场降温。
3.Now he wanted to go back, but to damp down the urge he was sent to his brother's home in France.
现在就想回去，为了冷却他那急切的心，暂把他送到法国的哥哥家中。
4.The government is trying to damp down expectations.
于是，巴西政府正视图降低世人的期待值。
5.A system of institutionalised consultation and planning could damp down future instability in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
机构化的磋商和规划体系，可能减少前苏联国家的未来不稳定性。
6.Barack Obama needs to damp down the fury over bonuses, not add to it.
巴拉克•奥巴马必须减缓公众对于红利和奖金方面的愤怒情绪，而不是去增加它。
7.The authorities decide to damp down the dissident's activities by imposing a curfew.
当局决定实行宵禁以抑制持不同政见者的活动。
8.You'd better damp (down) the fire before leaving.
你最好在离开以前用灰把火封上。
9.A few weeks' hard work should damp down his keenness .
几星期的艰苦工作减弱了他的热情。
10.Emerging markets need to tighten their monetary policy further to damp down inflation.
新兴市场需要进一步收紧货币政策，以降低通胀。