reined是什么意思？

reined

• v. 勒缰绳使（马）停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 )，驾驭，严格控制，加强管理；

例句

• Mrs Glick reined in the horse and stopped at the crossroads. 格利克夫人勒住缰绳在十字路口停了下来。
• The horsemen reined in and shouted at the men behind to turn back... 骑手们勒缰停住，对身后的人大嚷，让他们回去。
• The officer reined in his horse at a crossroads. 军官在十字路口勒住了马.
• Then , all of a sudden, he reined up his tired horse. 这时, 他突然把疲倦的马勒住了.
• The horsemen reined in and shouted at the men behind to turn back. 骑手们勒缰停住，对身后的人大嚷，让他们回去。

英语六级真题

To avoid fiscal (财政) meltdown, public pensions and health-care provision will have to be reined back severely and taxes may have to go up.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  (马的)缰绳
  Reins are the thin leather straps attached round a horse's neck which are used to control the horse.
• N-PLURAL
  (新闻用语)支配权，控制权
  Journalists sometimes use the expression the reins or the reins of power to refer to the control of a country or organization.
  例句
  He was determined to see the party keep a hold on the reins of power... 他决意要确保这个政党掌握政权。
• PHRASE
  放任;不管;纵容
  If you give free rein to someone, you give them a lot of freedom to do what they want.
  例句
  The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport. 政府仍然认为应该给予交通领域的私营企业以经营自由。
• PHRASE
  严加控制;严格管束
  If you keep a tight rein on someone, you control them firmly.
  例句
  Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views. 她的父母观念狭隘而僵化，对她管束很严。