keep in line

英 [kiːp ɪn laɪn]

美 [kiːp ɪn laɪn]

使（某人）就范; 使（某人）听从吩咐

英英释义

verb

• control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
  1. She manipulates her boss
  2. She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up
  3. The teacher knew how to keep the class in line
  4. she keeps in line
  Synonym:manipulatecontrol

双语例句

• That's all? Just trying to keep him in line?
  仅此而已？只是让他学乖点？
• In the side wind the truck with a trailer is liable to deviate from the right direction, and also the tractor and the trailer are not able to keep in line, so that handling performance is affected.
  集装箱半挂车在侧风作用下易发生行驶方向跑偏和折腰现象，影响稳定行驶。
• Call it a loving memory of his family or a way to keep him in line.
  这可称得上是来自家庭的爱的记忆。
• Like sheep without any need for a sheepdog, we keep each other in line.
  我们彼此一致，就像无需牧羊犬看守的羊群。
• Since the Department of Statistics is part of the government, and statistics is government behaviour, it is essential to keep statistics in line with the current international rules and the requirement of establishing service-oriented society.
  统计部门既然是政府的组成部门之一，统计行为是政府行为，因此，政府统计必须与通行的国际统计规范接轨，与建设服务型政府的要求相接轨。
• You two better keep him in line.
  你们两个给我看好他。
• The particularity of CAFTA has made it impossible to imitate the foreign mode briefly. It is urgent that we should find a way to make the origin criteria accord with the demand for the development of CAFTA and keep in line with international standards.
  CAFTA的特殊性决定了在制定原产地标准时不可能简单地照搬国外模式，如何完善原产地标准，使之符合CAFTA的发展要求并与国际接轨，已经成为迫切需要解决的重要问题。
• All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line.
  所有这一切不过是设计好了来恐吓我、让我乖乖听话的。
• Nor can a bunch of "super-smart" investors necessarily keep prices in line;
  一些“超聪明”的投资者也不一定能使价格合理变化；
• We constantly worked to keep economic development in line with social development, and plan development with a view to improving the wellbeing of the people.
  加快发展社会事业，切实保障和改善民生。始终坚持经济发展与社会发展相协调，围绕改善民生谋发展。