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

• 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。
• 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're trying very hard to keep out prices in line with what our customers expect.
  我们尽力使我们的价格与顾客的期望值相一致。
• To keep in line with international practices, those old and famous domestic design houses have to carry out reform and will undergo restructuring.
  为了与国际接轨，老字号的国内设计院正经历着一场蜕变，改制成为必然，使私营事务所的发展成为大势所趋；
• You two better keep him in line.
  你们两个给我看好他。
• It will be low because it will be necessary to have only one man looking after each job, without having another man to check upon what he is doing, keep him in line, and report on him to someone else.
  行政管理费用的降低的原因是：每项工作只需要一个人去完成，用不着另外再有一个人检查工作。
• I need to keep the sheep in line, he said.
  我得把羊群看好，他说。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's all? Just trying to keep him in line?
  仅此而已？只是让他学乖点？